So, after a few niggling aches and pains, I think that the time has come to seek treatment, and that I might actually be injured. Goddamit! I've been ramping up the running program for the past 6 weeks. I did the C25K up until Week 5, and once I could run for 20 mins straight, I put myself onto the EI10K in order to prepare for the 10km run that I was "bullied" into signing up for! That's on Oct 30th, so I need to get cracking.
Today was such a beautiful day that I decided to go run outdoors. I need to do more of these, as running on the treadmill is SOOOO much easier than actually running outside in the real world. Yesterday at the gym I noticed a pain in my left shin as I ran. It went away very quickly after stopping, so I didn't give it another thought. Today, when I ran outside, it nearly crippled me. I kept going, to a degree, then decided to just power walk the rest of the run. I still did 9.5km in total, and burnt a load of calories, but I'm concerned.
I've had shin splints before, and this feels different. I'm going to run in the pool tomorrow, to give it a rest. I might even try to cut a few laps! I used to swim, swim, swim, but the last time I tried it, I was fat and unfit and nearly died halfway down the 50m lane. I'll be interested to see how I go, actually.
Hopefully, it's just a teething pain and with a couple of days of rest, it'll settle down. I, perhaps, need to remember that I am 40 now, and not a teenager anymore, regardless of how amazing I feel these days. Most "older" people I hear about who run, say that they need a rest day in between runs in order to avoid injury. Why did I think I could run 6 days per week?
I hope that the rest of my 12wbt family had great results today. I dropped a further 1.4kg and am thrilled. I thought that I had 15kg to go to my goal, but due to pre-season and my ingrained exercise habits, I've only got 11.9kg to go!
I'll try to run again on Friday. If it's still bad, I'll go back to the awesome Sport's Physio that I saw a couple of years ago when I had a stress fracture in my foot. He'll sort me out!
Today was such a beautiful day that I decided to go run outdoors. I need to do more of these, as running on the treadmill is SOOOO much easier than actually running outside in the real world. Yesterday at the gym I noticed a pain in my left shin as I ran. It went away very quickly after stopping, so I didn't give it another thought. Today, when I ran outside, it nearly crippled me. I kept going, to a degree, then decided to just power walk the rest of the run. I still did 9.5km in total, and burnt a load of calories, but I'm concerned.
I've had shin splints before, and this feels different. I'm going to run in the pool tomorrow, to give it a rest. I might even try to cut a few laps! I used to swim, swim, swim, but the last time I tried it, I was fat and unfit and nearly died halfway down the 50m lane. I'll be interested to see how I go, actually.
Hopefully, it's just a teething pain and with a couple of days of rest, it'll settle down. I, perhaps, need to remember that I am 40 now, and not a teenager anymore, regardless of how amazing I feel these days. Most "older" people I hear about who run, say that they need a rest day in between runs in order to avoid injury. Why did I think I could run 6 days per week?
I hope that the rest of my 12wbt family had great results today. I dropped a further 1.4kg and am thrilled. I thought that I had 15kg to go to my goal, but due to pre-season and my ingrained exercise habits, I've only got 11.9kg to go!
I'll try to run again on Friday. If it's still bad, I'll go back to the awesome Sport's Physio that I saw a couple of years ago when I had a stress fracture in my foot. He'll sort me out!
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