Feeling Good

I ran today on only one day of rest and I'm happy to say that I feel ok. I don't feel great but it's two hours after the run and I'm not feeling much pain in my knee or shins. I did feel some discomfort right after the run in my knee but it was gone within an hour or so.

Running is definitely getting more exciting for me. Tonight I ran with Rudy at Woodlawn Park. It's a 1.25 mile track around a lake. Rudy has been improving on his endurance and was pretty excited to finish two laps without stopping. So excited that he started me off at a pretty fast pace. To give you an idea of how fast, we averaged ten minute miles our first two weeks of running and averaged 9:40/mile over the last two weeks. My last two runs have averaged about 9:26/mile and we finished the first mile tonight in 8:50! That's fast for us! I was a little nervous about the pace because I didn't think we'd have much in the tank to finish two laps or 2.5 miles. We slowed down to a comfy 9:20 pace over the last mile or so and finished with our best average pace of 9.04/mile. We finished 2.5 miles and I'm glad now that Rudy started us off so fast. My IPOD tracks my times as I run and also uploads my runs to Nikeplus.com. I thought I'd post my last five runs so that you can see how I'm doing.