Mile 1

For the first time since around early May I ran a mile.  I ran it on the treadmill at the gym after work.  It didn’t go too badly.  Early on I could feel my body asking me what I was doing, it wasn’t used to the motion anymore.  I’d say about halfway in things felt better.  I ran it at a 6mph pace (10 minute mile) so I was far from setting the world on fire but it was fast enough.  Last night I could feel some minor tenderness in my right knee so as a precaution I popped an Aleve and iced it.  My left knee felt totally fine.

  Today, again I can feel it a bit in the right knee but nothing bad at all.  I am not going to push it, I will try to run once a week, increasing my distance a little bit each time as long as I am able to do so without feeling any major pain.  The advantage to running on a treadmill is if you feel a tweak you can instantly stop.  When you are out there hoofing it on the road you are more apt to try to push through it since you have to get back to where you started from.

  It felt good to run for the first time in 4 or 5 months.  For a first effort I think it went well.  My new routine has been to do weights over lunch and then do cardio after work while Ali hits the other gym.  It should help me carve off a few pounds to assist me in reintroducing impact to my activities. I will be very strict in listening to what my body tells me.  I just can’t ignore things and figure they will fix themselves anymore.