Did 3 miles of speed workouts today (12x400). Unfortunately, since I am in the mountains I have no access to a track, so I sprinted one minute, jogged for two minutes, and repeated this 12 times. I am guessing that it is about 6500 ft. up here, so today was a very challenging workout. Unfortunately, I was unable to run yesterday because of a shin splint. I still felt it today, but I could put up with it. Yesterday, I was ready to run, but when I began the pain was too sharp to persevere through it. It seems more of a nuisance than anything else. It really did not hurt that bad, but it was just enough to prohibit me from running. In a way, it was almost good, though, because today I felt like I could give the speed workout my full potential. I felt like I gave the sprints all that I had, leaving me feeling very tired at the end. In all, a good workout! | 