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Newbie question about knee soreness (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by root@lemmy.world to c/running@lemmy.world

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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).

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[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

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.