Ran the first .9 miles barefoot on a challenge from Lybi. Knee felt fine, but I could tell that my poor little feet have been babied. Without realizing it (I wasn't looking at my watch), I actually found myself going about 7:40 pace, and my toes ended up getting a little bruised on the bottom. Overall, not a bad experience, but I prefer a bit more padding. Then put my shoes on and took Sparky for a run. Towards the end, my knee started to tighten up a little bit to the point where I could feel it - it didn't hurt, but I could definitely tell it was tight. Got back inside, and did a bit of active stretching on a gut feeling (holding on to the back of a chair, and swinging my leg from side to side. I could feel it most in my hamstrings, which I suspect are kinda tight). This actually made the tightness go away. Then I did my core exercises and some stretches for my abductors and IT band. |