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AtomEvery run I’ve done for the year up until now has involved some level of pain in my right knee. Recently it has been very mild and would tend to only show up after 3-4 miles and go away a couple miles later. Nothing serious and nothing that caused my to abandon any runs.
For the first time today, I did a run, and a long 12-mile run at that, without any knee pain nor discomfort at all. It was great! I think my week off with no running has certainly helped. I can’t wait to see how long this will last.
Now my left foot is a different story 
. At about mile 8, it started to feel as though my laces were too tight. I ended up loosening them 3-4 times through the end of my run. My foot also started to feel as though it was going to cramp. I was able to finish my long run anyway. I was sure my foot was swollen, but when I got home and took off my shoe, it looked fine.
This was only my 3rd 12-mile long run and I was able to do it a bit faster than my previous runs, taking 2 hrs 2 mins. Just a bit slower than a 10 min/mile pace.
Posted by derek as Training at 6:07 PM PDT