Hello, this is my first post. I'm curently training for the 1/2 in Feburary but I have developed some leg/knee pain and need some advice.

I have been running off and on for several years. I have ran in several 10k with a time average of 45 to 50 min.

I have not done any serious running for about a year but started back about a month ago. Started with 20 to 25 miles a week at 9 and 10 mile pace. My shoes were starting to wear so I bought the new Asics Gel-Kinsei 2. My old shoes wed Nike Zoom Air. I ran last Tuesday with the new shoes 7 miles. A little sore after but nothing unusual. The next morning I had a pain to my lower knee, inside just on top of the Tibia. Pretty good limp when I walked. Did not run Wed the next day but tried to run Thurs I could only muster 2 miles before the pain was too great.

I blaming the shoes at this point because the Kinsei are very stable and it felt the shoes were changing the way my foot struck the ground. It felt like my foot was striking the ground flat, no heel to toe roll. The pain is isolated to an area of about 4 inched I can pinpoint the spot where it hurts the worst. I'm thiking a Medial Collateral Ligament?

I bought another pair of shoe Friday very similar to my old ones and still could not run due to the pain.

I have never had any leg injuries, no strains, breaks of any kind. I'm 38, 200 and in pretty good shape. This has got me stumped, need some advice.

Thanks

http://This message has been edited by Asystole (edited Oct-22-2007).