Slow & Steady Wins the Race :-)

Met Anya and Lisa at Cedar River Trail early this morning, what a gorgeous morning and perfect day!  Left inside shin was aching almost the whole time, though this was an improvement since yesterday, I've upgraded it only from Horrible to Mediocre/Poor!  Didn't want to leave anyone alone out there, was kind of iffy, but ran back with Lisa, since she's carrying precious cargo, then decided I was up for a little more so tried to find Anya, but didn't, she ran so far!  Felt scary for awhile, there were a few unfavorable characters out there.  But then towards the end lots of people started to come out so it felt way better, guess we were just out there too early.  Got back to the cars at 7.8, so decided to run until 8, but at 8 the shin pain went away so I decided to do 9, then at 9 I decided to do 10.  Lovely head games as usual.  :-)  I hope hope hope hope hope HOPE this shin pain is only temporary.

Splits:  9:46, 11:01 (bathroom break), 10:19, 10:04, 9:45, 9:59, 9:38, 9:35, 9:18, 9:29

TT: 1:39:17   AP: 9:53

It was SUCH a gorgeous day, did some yard work, then headed back to Cedar River Trail (since I liked it so much!) for a bike ride with Jordanne.  I decided that since Justin got to go to Vegas, I got to get a new bike seat... and oh my gosh what a difference.  SOOOO much more comfortable.  So we did 13.62 miles in 1:07:12, AP 4:56 or 12.2 mph. 

Now I might need to take Cooper to the park, he's feeling neglected!  LOVELY DAY!

Weekly Summary: Mon-off, Tues-7.35, Wed-bike, Thurs-6.2, Fri-bike, Sat-4.2, Sun-10+bike

Total Weekly Miles: 27.75

My shin still aches.  I think I'm going to take the week off, and pray its just shin splints and not something more serious.  Ugh, why can't I just run as much as I want and be fine?  I've been SO good only running 4 days a week.  

But, in other news, I'm going to try my hand at square foot gardening!  So tonight Justin and I built the garden box.  I don't know why I think I'll be able to keep something alive... but I'll sure try!  Yeah, we're pretty proud of ourselves!

Day off #1.  Maybe it feels a teeny tiny bit better?  Or that's just in my wishful thinking head!

Still met Anya and Lisa at BPA trail, biked 3.77 miles with them while they ran in 44 minutes.  So I probably burnt 15 calories? :-)  

Then came home, got dirt, and fixed up my garden!  Square foot garden day 2 below!  Then while watching LOST I biked 45 minutes with breaks for lunges/pushups/etc. 

Day #2 off.

My shin might feel better today??!!!!!  I will try a run tomorrow!  Maybe its not serious after all? KNOCK ON WOOD!

Tennis tonight, that should be interesting!

Happy Friday!

5 minutes of biking and 5 minutes of running before an hour of tennis.  Still felt my shin, maybe I spoke too soon. :-(  I was actually first off for the first time, 6-1, 6-0.  She gave up after the first set.

Walked 2.3 miles on 6% incline - I was sweating!  Then tried running a mile, then .2 cool-down.  I am worried I have a tibia stress fracture.  I don't want to be a hypochondriac, but this thing is not going away after 5 full days off, it feels the same, and it does not really feel like shin splints or muscular.  I'm worried!  I do NOT want to go through this all over again.

Next week I might make a dr appointment, but now I need to find an actual good dr this time.