9 miles

For some odd reason my knee was hurting pretty badly this morning. I usually only deal with the pain immediately after a race or occasionally the day after a long run. It was bad enough that I had to stop and stretch my IT band after 7 miles and still had to stop early at 9 miles. So I will ice and take ibuprofen today. Otherwise my legs felt good today.. a little tired at the start but after a mile I settled in to 7:50 pace and felt pretty good. My HR didn't go above 150 today... it averaged almost 10 beats lower than what is the new normal.