A moment of silence for my 5k aspirations

I have decided to momentarily throw in the towel on my ambitious aspiration to run a 5k on Friday. I've been having some pretty bad knee problems ever since I started this a month ago and after my one try to run on the road, my knee throbbed for over 2 days. I haven't given up, I've just decided to take things a little bit slower. I'm going to do it one day but I have to figure out what to do about my knee first. Apparently this is a common problem for beginners to have so I am going to try new stretches and maybe a knee brace to help things. So, on Monday it is back to the treadmill at the gym (yea!!! air conditioning and tv).