Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Shin Splints!!!

A few weeks ago, I posted about how excited I was that I was finally going to be able to do cross country this year.

How quickly excitement dwindles.

Oh, don't get me wrong; I'm still super excited to run.  I love running and I have (had, I guess...) ambitions to be in the top 20 runners on my team.  This would be a big accomplishment, since there are 110-120 runners on the team.  I'm probably somewhere between 30 and 40 right now.  I was doing really well though.  Pushing myself, going a little faster every time.

Even though 2 weeks ago, after the second practice, my shins were starting to hurt.

At first, it was easy enough to ignore.  I figured I was just sore and it wasn't a big deal, so I kept pushing myself.  But they kept recurring, and by last week my shins also hurt during the half-mile warm up run, and for the first 5 minutes or so of th emain run.  They were also worse afterwards, and hurt for longer and just felt weak.

...I have shin splints.  Go me.  They're not quite bad enough that I can't run, so far my coach's advice has been, "They're common, and yours aren't bad enough that you have to stop, so if you rest enough and ice them and take care of it, you should be able to run through them at just a little less than your normal intensity."  Maybe I'm whining and should just get over it, but it's really upsetting me because I wanted top 20.  And now I can't push myself as hard, so the top 20 are going to be set in stone and I won't be able to catch up.  And it's a constant reminder, because even now after 12 hours of practice being over they still don't feel right.  Sorry for being such a downer in this post, I really try not to be.  I just can't imagine what people with worse shin splints go through.

2 comments:

  1. Aw, that's such a shame! I hope you can run okay soon. I'm sure one day you'll make it into the top 20 runners in your team, you seem dedicated. :)

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  2. Thanks! I really really want top 20, they get to do all kinds of invitational races and stuff. But I don't think I'll make it this year; most of them can run a mile in like 5 minutes!! O.O (Mine is between 6:30 and 7.)

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