When I started the run I thought I could run 5 miles but I felt a bit tired so I stuck with my regular 4 miles. I think I'm fully recovered from my sore foot but I don't want to take any risks yet.

It is getting dark in the evening. I'm wearing a blinking red light on my back, and tonight I held a white blinking light in my hand. I thought it would get annoying but it wasn't too bad and it did help in traffic.

Last week I went to the doctor because of my sore left foot. He checked it out and recommended insoles and told me not to run for a week.

The insoles helped a lot, and after a few days the pain disappeared. Today it's 10 days later and I went for my first run.

The pain in my foot didn't come back but I am hyper vigilant now and nervous about every little ache or feeling. The reality is that I won't know until tonight or tomorrow if I overdid it or not.

The run was great. Took it easy with 41 minutes and the weather was excellent.

Dropje woke up at 6.30 am today and due to a busy social schedule I decided to go for a morning run.

I'm glad that I put in the 4 miles, but running in the morning does have its drawbacks. Most of all, since I just woke up my legs don't feel as great, and after this run I actually felt my left knee again (no pain, but I felt it). Also, I had to take a real break halfway. Anyway, Saturday is my next run and tonight and tomorrow night are now free for social events.

Didn't record my time since I wanted to run slowly.

See article here: http://www.guusbosman.nl/2012/09/22/clarendon-day-5k-run

Had a great run. Monday a week ago I ran 5 miles, and I felt that in my left knee on Thursday, if only a little bit. I had calculated that the past weekend, when we visited New Jersey, would make a nice recovery period and indeed it did -- I didn't feel my left knee at all. So that means I can run 5 miles sometimes without it impacting my knee, very cool. My goal is to be able to run 6 miles again -- that would allow me to run into DC which is just beautiful.