Day 30

Ok, getting close to the time I can hit the streets again, although I still have slight niggles in both legs..

The plan is to reduce my mileage, maybe 2 miles three times a week, and to run on grass for a while so circuits in victoria park might be the order of the day.. Hopefully I'll be back out by the end of this week...

Day 24

I officially hate shin splints... I'm desperate to run, but even walking hurts... Don't know how much longer I'm going to have to rest for this to go away.. Very unhappy...

Day 18

Rest day

Slight pain. When the shin splints first started, my left leg hurt first followed by the right about 3 days later. The left now feels a lot better, and the right slightly less so, hopefully it will follow suit..

Day 17

Yes, I caved... Only slight niggles, the time off and copious ibuprofen consumption seems to have done the trick. Furthermore, I stopped a couple of times to stretch, which really seems to have helped. Also extended my warm up and stretching session, and was sure to warm down and stretch again...

On top of all that, I was in a pretty bad mood, don't know if that helped at all. So, how has this affected things?

Date: 05/05/2009
Start Time: 17:19:00
End Time: 17:34:00
Time Taken: 00:15:00
Route: Work/Home Route
Total Distance: 3.00 mi.
Effort: Normal
Quality: Good
Pace: 05:00 (avg)
Speed: 12 (mi/hr) (avg)

Drastically would be the answer, 5 minute miles :simply amazed..!!

Will rest tomorrow and thursday as well. Will assess friday how the legs are.....