Run #14

After last week and the knee problem I decided I'd run on thursday. However, it was such a lovely day today I decided I'd try a small run and see what happened.

So I roughly measured out 0.6 miles to run at a miserably slow pace but not aggravate my knee. I also decided that it was going to be an all tarmac run on the seafront.

The first leg was great. A few twinges but it settled down. My feet were fine. My bruise is now unfelt. I put on a new Album called stacked vol one which was great to run with.

As I neared the end my knee felt a bit throbby. So when I stopped I took a small time out to give it a rest.

I then headed back to where I parked the car. This run felt really good. Although the pace was slow it was just great to run comfortably on the tarmac.

Once again I took a small knee timeout and then ran back up again. At this point I felt the forefoot pads starting to feel the run. But it was still fine.

Once again I took a small break and then ran back down. The pads started getting sore. I checked them but they were looking fine.

I ended up finishing a bit further from the car.

So it was about 3.3 miles. Very similar distance to my grassy run.

The pads were starting to sting quite a bit once I got back to the car. I cleaned up my feet and saw no broken skin or blisters.

My knee had reached its limit I think.

Overall, I was really pleased with the progress. Its the exact knee problem I had 8 years ago. But I'm feeling with a sensible plan I can continue running and eventually get to running a bit longer.

My feet were checked out by everyone I passed just about. I noticed some runners gave it this Clint Eastwood One eye open stare. A slight tilt of the head and the eye pops the look.

The expression is bewildered. Its like is that guy running barefoot breaking all the rules known to running science? I'm loving that. The inner Taoist rebel enjoys walking the individually chosen path.