9 sucky miles.
From the very beginning of this run I knew it wasnt going to be good. As I started my little warmup jog both of my shins were screaming in pain. I have had some little pains in my shins for a while now, but nothing I can't get over in a mile or 2. I think I either have shin splints of stress fractures (I think and am hoping its stress fractures). My little warmup jog is up a slight hill and then I either turn and go down a slight hill or keep going straight up the little hill for about a quarter mile. Today I turned to go down, but without even thinking I started walking. I had absolutely no natural drive to run, but for some reason wanted to be done before I even started. I have never accidentally started a run by walking, it was weird.
To make a long story short, my hip was bothering me, and both shins were killing me the entire run. I think I may have pushed myself a little hard yesterday even though it felt natural to go a little faster.
My garmin page is just showing errors, but I think my average pace was about 7:50, with the last 4 or 5 miles more than 8 minutes each. Hopefully I can recover and get back to enjoying running tomorrow.
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