Results tagged “shin splints” from Birmingham Mail - Road Runner

I am pleased to finally say (without wishing to tempt fate in the least) that the shin splints I have been suffering for near-on two months are finally beginning to ease.

Much to my annoyance, I found the only way to solve the problem was to step back from training. This is right at the point I wanted to step up my training, so I'm sure you can appreciate how infuriating it was for me.

For a couple of weeks it felt like my legs took pleasure in tormenting me. Just when I thought my shins were coping with running, I'd run for a second consecutive day and have to stop after 15 minutes due to the agony. So, slowly but surely, I mastered it. I made sure I didn't run two days in a row, which for two weeks meant I could only run twice a week due to other commitments and races etc. Now I have started swimming to up the ante a bit and I'm actually feeling ok, so hopefully there will be less of me whinging on here about injuries than last year.

The Milton Keynes half marathon is approaching, albeit 10 weeks away now, and I really need to get myself into gear if I'm going to make it all the way round without collapsing (or hurling - see previous posts). Fingers crossed.