Let me start by saying that I am not a runner. I hope to be one day, but for now I’m just running < 1 mile after work.
After a few days of this, my knees (the tendon thing that goes down from the knee to the shin) are pretty sore. I’m wondering if I should power through this or do something differently?
A friend suggested these as he’s had good luck with them, but I’m not sure if this is something the community condones or endorses.
Update: Thank you all for the suggestions! The consensus seems to be to take it easy as I begin, and run every other day (and continue to walk every day).
Sounds like runner’s knee, probably from overtraining since you mention you’re new at this.
I would seriously recommend against using those bands for what appears to be an overuse injury, rest is a much better and sustainable way of managing it.
New runners tend to drastically underestimate how much rest they need. I did the same thing last year. I was only going for one or two miles, maybe three on a long day, surely all this talk of rest days was for more serious runners? This lead to a few different prolonged sore spots that I’m thankful didn’t turn into actual injuries.
Yeah your cardio level seems to increase much faster than your physical endurance. I had the same issue when I started out a few years ago, it’s very easy to over train when starting out.
Especially since I just looked at it as “just” ten miles for the week. I like the advice that as soon as you feel some kind of abnormal pain (joints instead of muscles, or just more than a light soreness) you should immediately take a rest day or three. The problem with this is that when you’re starting out, rest days feel like you’re missing a run rather than purposeful rest.