mwz: Day 50
Due to the holiday, I couldn't be bothered to drag myself out and run this morning. Instead, I ran on the tread mill in the evening.
3 miles in 30 minutes with a varying pace between 5.5 - 6 mph for most of it and some sprints of 7, 8 and 9 mph.
At the begining I had pretty sharp shin splints but they stopped hurting before the first mile was up. Is that supposed to happen?
mwz
posted by mwz @ 10:15 PM
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Shin splints can mean your shoes don't fit right. They can also mean a number of other things, like you've been running too hard and/or on too hard of a surface (sidewalks are the worst). If you're on a treadmill that does incline try slowing down and doing a steeper incline, that reduces the pounding but still gives you a good workout.
Although I'm no expert, I think it's a good sign the shin splints went away. maybe you could try lengthening your warm-up a little (walk for ~10 min before starting to jog).
To check your shoes, look at the bottom. You can also grab them at the heel and toe and twist them. If they're very narrow in the middle and/or twist easily then they aren't good stabilizing shoes and may be letting you 'pronate' too much, which means your feet are rolling in or out as you run. This is a major cause of shin splints and can be prevented with "stability" shoes that have a wider, stiffer sole. I got shin splints when I first started running (after I had just bought new shoes) and after a few months of suffering finally took the advice of a friend and went to a running specialty store and had them fit me for some $80 stability running shoes (Saucony makes nicely cushioned ones). The shin splints went away immediately. The old shoes were retired to spin shoes. I lived happily ever after (and I still go to the specialty store whenever I need new shoes).
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