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).
Trying shortening your stride, and increasing your run cadence. Ideally you should be 180 steps per minute, but that maybe hard right out of the gate. If you run with music you can look up playlists that are 170-180 BPM and start there. Short stride means less stress on impact.