Beach 2 Battleship Part 2

Last Wednesday was my first training run.  It was a nice 73 degree day and I was supposed to run a "comfortable" 7.  Well I ran 7 and walked an additional mile.  The time I was running I noticed the "clicking" in my left knee but no soreness.  When I walked the final 8th mile I noticed more clicking and soreness behind the kneecap.  It wasn't so bad that I had to stop, but noticed I was nursing the left leg and my gait was changing at bit.  My running aficionado BP said this,  "I'd suggest getting the knee band ASAP.  Why wait?  In a past season, when I
felt pain on the outside of my knee cap, I purchased a knee band and it
worked magically.  I was amazed.  Also, I'm sure that you know Runner's Knee
is a symptom of tight IT bands.  Find a foam roller near your stability ball
in the gym and roll that tight ITB over it.  Also, make sure that you're
icing the outside of the knee after every run.  Freeze a Dixie cup filled
with water, tear off the paper on top and then rub it on the knee.
I'd suggest that you do tempo runs versus intervals.  Your goal is to run
13.1 miles relatively fast.  Intervals will help you build speed but tempo
runs will help you run fairly fast for a long time, which is what the race
is about."

Went out yesterday and bought the "TruFit" knee strap.  I'll run a comfortable 8 on Wednesday and I'm stretching a lot after I run and teach spin.  I can tell the stretching is helping and I hope this knee strap helps with the tracking.  I'll need to make sure I coordinate my running outfit with this black strap, but then again everything goes with black. :)