5 miles with hardly any knee pain! Wahoo! But I'm still going to take it easy. I could tell the "issue" is still there but getting better. I felt completely fine for 2.5 miles and then I could feel my knee start to hurt but it never got bad! 7:15 AP.
This is my self diagnosis: After St. George, my quads/hamstrings were really tight and sore. Although I took the first couple weeks pretty easy, I ran an 8 miler in St. George where I ran up and down a really steep hill twice. I think this did a number on my hamstring because it was hurting really bad by the end of the 8 miles. I think this pulled my IT band and knee out of allignment. Thus, I started having knee pain and IT band issues. After taking about 2 weeks off, cross training (easy spinning), stretching everyday, foam roller everyday, ice 2-3 times a day, glute/hip/quad/hamstring exercises 2-3 times a week...I think it's "starting" to get better. Crossing my fingers! But I'm still going to take it easy next week. Maybe run 3 times and still do 3-5 miles.
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