I have had serious knee pain just under the knee so I have taken quite a bit of time off (3 weeks).  I decided that enough is enough and I was running starting new years day.  I have been trying to stay somewhat in shape but my knee limited what I could do and the pools have been closed for the holidays.  Today I finally ran and it felt great to get back out there.  I'm not going to say my body felt great, but my spirit was as happy as could be.  I truly have missed running.  The knee felt ok.  Not great by any means, but it felt ok.  Lots of icing, stretching, and ibuprofen at this point.

I was planning on 4 today but by the time I got going I ended up doing 6.

The knee pain was less than yesterday which made me really happy.  I was able to go really slow being on the trails and it was nice getting back out there for a second day.