Inspired but what now

Well the World championships in Berlin came and went. Fabulous performances from the likes of Usain Bolt, Kenise Bekele, etc. and the British team did well too. It gives us some hope for the future when we can at least win some medals. Inspired by these performances ?? Yes, but what now..... Well its back to where its at with yourself, your training and your races. I went out to try and run 2 x fast miles - well fast for me - last week and I succeeded. However, the backlash came the next day when I discovered my knees were killing me - again !!! Do not know what happened, I felt fine when doing the runs and was able to knock about a minute of each mile time. The only thing I can think of was that it was the extra effort of actually running faster that did it. I thought my body/legs could take it, but clearly they could not. Have spent the rest of the week not running and allowing the knees to get back to normal.