Bad Start, Decent Finish!

Had a bit of a concern before beginning my five miler this morning. I bent over to tie my running shoes and got that sharp pain in my knee again. Although it went away a quickly as it came, I still, was more than a little upset, since I hadn't felt that pain in two and a half weeks. I decided to give it a go anyway and got through the fiver with no difficulty. I, of course, started out by walking a half mile before starting my watch and even then it was a slow jog just to test the knee. Splits as follows: 11:48, 11:18, 10:57, 10:54 and 9:23. I ended the run with a nice walk of over a quarter mile to get the blood out of my legs and let my heart rate come slowly down..........Mike