I woke up this morning, jumped out of bed and was instantly mad. How in the world am I already developing shin splints? Right now it is barely noticeable but I have done track before and I know what it feels like when they start to appear. I had barely run a total of 4 miles this week, what am I doing wrong? (If you google it, there is about 600 million things I could be doing wrong so that was helpful…not.) I still went to the gym to do my distance run before work which was 3 miles. Nothing too hard, right?
When I got to the gym I was somewhat scared to run because I don't want my shins to get any worse. Shin splints are quite literally the most miserable thing in the world to deal with. I decided to run at 6mph so it would be an easier pace and hopefully easier on my legs. I ran a total of 3.2 miles in 34 minutes (including warm up and cool down.) Not the best time in the world, but also not the worst. I stopped twice to stretch my legs out quick but overall not a bad run. I noticed that once my body was warmed up my shins did not hurt as much, which was helpful with my run.
Since I work today, tomorrow I am going to stop by the running company and talk to them about what to do. The running company is a running club/shoe store in downtown lincoln. They analyze the way you walk and run, can tell you what side of your foot you favor, can determine if you should be using any type of support, and can help (or at least try to help) with any sort of running ailment. I hope they can help me stop these stupid shin splints from developing into anything worse.
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