Back and pounding

Danny and I went out for the schedule 4.5 miles yesterday. My legs felt better than they had in a couple of weeks with aches here and there. My left knee started acting up about a mile in - the pace was a little slow for me - I am not sure I understand why, if someone can explain to me - when I take the pace down from a 10 minute mile to a 9 minute mile my knee hurts less (or is it that I just don't think about it so much). I had to pause at about 2.5 miles to do a couple of quick IT band stretches, but I finished the run without too much trouble. Pace was just a drop over the 9 minute pace including the stretching time - a little less than that without the pausal time. I bought one of those Ace knee bands - that i am going to try out the next time I run. Shoreturtle said that he uses his IT band pain.

In other news I had the opprotunity to read Kite Runner over the weekend. It was an excellent book - couldn't put it down after picking it up. It was extremely thought provoking - I don't want to ruin the book for anyone who hasn't read it (I highly recommend it) but I would love to hear other people's thoughts about the book. Hmm...there's an idea - the running, blogging, reading family? Let me know if anyone else has thoughts about that.

Met up with a friend last night for dinner and a movie. The Illusionist - man oh man I have had luck with my arts lately (read a great book and saw a great movie).

More running to come...