I ran 6 miles today, with a total time of 43:30. I ran the majority of my run with my running class. I ended up running fairly quickly for most of the run because I was going back and forth between the different groups of students. The positive I will take from this is that speeding up came fairly naturally. This tells me that I am likely ready to start increasing the mileage a little more, and that my body should be able to handle it without causing additional pain to the knee, quad or back. My back felt a lot better while I was running today as well. I will attribute this to the hamstring and back stretches I have been performing recently, in addition to some core exercises. The quad and knee have been feeling pretty decent for a while now (with the exception of Tuesday), so after today I see no need to comment further on the progress there, unless something flares up again. The next step for me will be to get my back pain free when I am not running. Once that is taken care of I think that the running will take care of itself.
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