Last weekend I bought a fancy runner's watch with a heart rate monitor and some fancy electronics. when I did my run/walks (two days in a row sat/sun) I would try to keep in my HR zone while jogging and when I hit the ceiling (the watch beeps) I would walk until I hit my floor (the watch beeps slightly different) I was able to go a long way (for me 2 miles) without feeling much pain but enough to know I was really working. I gave myself Monday off to recover as I plan to do every week and was excited to go at it after work on Tuesday.
Well I started this evenings 1.5 run at a good level 3 HRM pace (70%-75%) in fact I seemed to stay in the 'zone' fairly easy for a while I thought the damn HRM wasn't working but in fact it was so I was pretty happy about that until about .5 mile marker into my run....dread pain shot through front of my shins....got to be none other then frigging SHIN SPLINTS !
I don't think its that bad as I stopped running when they hit and walked the remainder of the course (1. mile) but I have had them before and remember they are not the easiest thing to deal with. My plan is the following and devised from this article
- No running on Wednesday
- Ibuprofen for 4 - 7 days
- Extensive stretching.
- Increased warm up times and less strenuous exercise.
- Ice them down (now)
I really hope this is just a warning signal....as I do not want to have to deal with an injury this early in my career.
UPDATE:
good resource on shin splints
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