Shin reacted on Saturday long run…
Probably pushing myself a bit too much too soon… my shin sort of reacted badly on my Saturday run. Same problem as normal… I wasn’t going too fast, but it just seems that after about an hour on my feet it started to get a little tight; asking for attention. Then it started to pull a bit and hurt more and more and as this is a tear, and as I tried running through it before, I know that once it starts to hurt it just keeps hurting more and more and I do more damage. The greater the amount of damage the longer it takes not running afterwards before I can run again. I pulled out of the run after about 12 miles (I’d done a stealth 8 before the slr 12 – I’m stupid and stubborn and under estimate how much damage I must’ve done to my shin). Getting back to my car was a long 3 or 4 miles of walking interspersed with very light jogging… took off my shoes and jogged barefoot through some sections of grass which seemed to hurt less… but then I was moving very slowly. Once injured, that pretty much blew the rest of my weekend. Overate, Sunday didn’t exercise at all. Thought a lot about extreme measures and reactions to the situation – purchase a bike and cycle the 15 miles to work everyday to try and keep my bodyweight down (stopping the overeating might do the trip methinks) – seeing a doctor – seeing a physical therapist… whereas I know the right plan of action and just need to hit myself over the head for being an undisciplined plonker for not doing the right things – cross train twice a day; eat healthy and a few calories less than a need everyday, but not seriously under or seriously over and not bad comfort fatty foods – lots of icing – lots of stretching – weight work – core work – and then when I can run I need to run singles and not doubles – run on trails and not on concrete – run maybe 40 or 50 miles a week at first and take one or two days off running a week and then, when I’ve gotten myself a base, I can start increasing the amount of running I do. Too much too soon is my problem and my fault right now.
If this thing doesn’t sort itself out soon I’ll probably have to have an MRI to work out exactly what I dealing with. Oh, and lost of rest.. I need tog et myself to bed early and sleep lots and just get this fixed cause, really, it’s been far too long. I need to be able to see an end to it… I’ve been injured for months now.
