All systems are go!

Today I decided to go out and test my body with a short 2.5 mile run, as well as try to break in my new racing flats, the waffles. I will first off say that those shoes are awesome. It feels like I am running barefoot. These shoes are not designed for confort by any means, but I actually had no problem with them. My feet feel good, and I don't feel like I took much of a pounding.

As far as the run I started out kinda slow, but the shoes. I swear it was the shoes. They convinced me that I should run faster. So my first mile was done in 7:19, then my second in 6:48 and my final half mile was at a 6:01 pace! I think I am going to be ready to put on a pretty good show at my 5k next week.

On the knee/shin front I did not feel any significant pain in my knee. There was a little tightness for the first 100 feet, but that went away and never came back. My shins gave me a brief little trouble for a couple strides, and now that I have stopped, they feel a little sore, but nothing like when they were a problem.

So like the title says, all systems are go! I have a 9 mile run scheduled for tommorow, and technicly today was supposed to be a 30min tempo run, so perhaps I will do that yet. I'm really excited to be back.