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I am back! But not quite.

I started training for the Milton Keynes Half Marathon on July 26 a week ago. And have learnt - for the second time - how important decent trainers are.

My current pair have been through four months of training, several races and a half-marathon, so I don't know why I expected them to continue serving me well. The cushioning in them has completely gone and now I am suffering pretty severe shin splints and need to rest up for a week or two. In the meantime I have ordered an identical pair of new trainers from Ebay.

It's not a big deal because I have a lot of time, but still frustrating that I can't just get on with it. I need to look back and previous blog posts and try to avoid some of the injury issues I had from the last training session, especially if I'm going to cope with the Birmingham half marathon in October!