Today is a day off from running/biking. BTW, on Friday my knees had been hurting a little. Last night, after I recovered from the bike ride, they felt much better, much stronger. The pedaling appears to be therapeutic.
So, how can a 45/46 year old return to exercise and be able to run everyday without soreness or stiffness?
The key is stretching.
Now, I did have soreness and stiffness when I first started running, but I found a trick. I'd take a hot bath at night, followed by some stretching, focusing on my thighs and quadriceps where I usually felt most of the soreness. It really worked. The soreness went away.
So, make sure to stretch well before you run, warm down with walking and light stretching afterwards. Use a hot bath with stretching to work out the remaining kinks.
On Monday, I shall return to running, and I will be slowly increasing my time from 40 minute runs to 1 hour runs. I haven't decided whether to increase each run by 1 minute or 2 minutes each day.
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