Hit a Brick Wall

Not in the literal sense... I hit a brick wall these past few days. One that feels like I won't be able to overcome.

In the past 9 days I have only walked 3 times. Total = 9.22

I hurt. My baby toes feel like they are about to fall off. There isn't color change of the nail or blisters anywhere, they just hurt because the leather has not softened up on my shoes. I cringe when I think about putting my shoes on. Obviously I bought the wrong ones. I need to start researching shoes.

My knee - long story short - in high school I dislocated my knee 5 times in 3 years, resulting in knee surgery in 1992. They went in and rebuilt my knee cap, added screws and staples. Voila! That was 21 years ago. Today when I do a deep knee bend, you can hear bone against bone. Not only that, the lower bursa likes to swell when I an overly active (what appears to be water-on-the-knee), and of course I have arthritis in the joint.

I can't determine if it is my shoes that are causing added knee pain, or if it is the fact that when I wear the shoes, I am over-compensating and hurting myself when I shouldn't be.

My husband thinks that it is phantom pain and that I am limiting myself. In other words what I heard was "you've got a head problem and just need to push yourself through it". Love you Hunny, but I am not a Soldier.

Tomorrow starts a new week and so I will start again too. I will figure this out. I will tear down this brick wall. I will complete this challenge!

Miles to Date: 71.83