Well it's going to be another rainy week. Yet again, I found myself running on what was supposed to be my rest day - which I was really looking forward to enjoying. I am grateful that it was sunny though! I got to run in capri leggings and a tee shirt - so refreshing! Although my butt felt a bit jiggly - LOL. I'm so used to those compression leggings. I didn't realize what a difference they really made - they really hold everything in! :)
My knees began to hurt within the first mile, but thankfully the pain soon subsided. I guess I wasn't as warmed up as I thought I was. I even used my new foam roller - yaaaaaay it came way earlier than I expected! The rest of the run felt good. Leaha and I ran a mostly flat route - it was a nice change. However, when I got back and went to bend over to stretch my hamstrings my left leg felt like it was ripping away from my shin bone. It was a horrible feeling. It really scared me. I have experienced this before in the past, but not for at least 2 or 3 years. Back then it subsided, but I def wasn't running anywhere close to the distance I am now. I looked up shin splints online and it recommends no running! Well as you can imagine, that is not an option right now. I decided I would ice. Of course, I got distracted with cooking dinner. Now that I'm sitting here typing this I am realizing I should be icing - so that's what I'm going to do as soon as I finish. Let's hope this is just a minor set back and not a major injury. Looks like I am going to be needing those ice baths whether I like it or not!
242/463 miles complete!
P.S. I did not give a run total for this run for 2 reasons: 1) I did not run a planned route b/c I am sick of them all and 2) I just set my Nike ipod for 50 minutes and ran - it said 5.71 miles. I know that is off because it needs to be calibrated. I went to the Oxford's track, but it was locked and I was scared to jump the fence - it's like 10 feet high. Then I decided I would go to Lincoln University's track. Well it is no longer. They tore it up and it is now a mound of dirt and rubber. Therefore, my ipod has yet to be calibrated. I refuse to calibrate it on the road because I want a perfect calibration from a perfectly measured distance. LOL! No, I'm not picky at all! ;)
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