Slow & Steady Wins the Race :-)

My shin felt horrible yesterday and was super worrying but today it felt great!  I wanted to at least simulate a semi-long run aerobically and our flight didn't leave until 9pm so I had time to kill, so I did 70 minutes on the elliptical and then did a test run of 3 miles on the treadmill.  It didn't feel great but it didn't feel horrible either, which was encouraging, although it was a "flex" treadmill and not the concrete sidewalk.  The gym is so ragingly boring.  I read a magazine, read running blogs until my phone died, and then watched the boring Emmy's, and still was being tortured by boredom. 

Please get better soon leg! 

Went to the doctor, shockingly enough he said I have medial tibial stress syndrome (aka shin splints), which is so weird because much of the time the pain is in the side ankle, not the shin.  He didn't think I have a stress fracture (yet) but I think it's good I've been cautious and always rested during the many episodes of this, since that is the next step.  He taped up my foot and added some padding and said if it helps we can do orthotics or modified superfeet to get me mostly landing on the outside of my foot (and not rolling in).  This is the 4th running doctor I've seen AFTER the wretched fibula fracture of 2009 (not including that guy!) (and I've seen 3 different PTs as well), blah!

AM - Went out and did 3 miles to check on how the ankle was feeling and if the taping was working, didn't want Jordanne to waste her time meeting me later if I couldn't run!  Didn't feel great but didn't feel bad either.  Nice and chilly out.  

PM - Met Jordanne at BPA trail, we did 5 miles and my ankle actually felt pretty good, but I was having this weird heartburn like pain in my abdomen that didn't help!  Jordanne entertained me though and it was good to get some miles in.  Good thing she was there because I would have gone home after, but she made me go to Centergy as planned.  5 minutes on the elliptical and 1 hour of Centergy.

Going to New Orleans tomorrow for a conference.  I don't want to go! 

AM - 60 minutes on the bike trainer, then 100 squats and other fun exercises I'll probably regret tomorrow. 

30 minutes on the elliptical in the hotel gym.  SO boring.  Forgot my ipod, there were no magazines, no tv's, I almost died of boredom. 

Holy humidity.  Ran around New Orleans (along the Mississippi, in the French Quarter) this morning, ran into Marie out running too so it was nice to have some company.  Wow that was a lot of sweat for only 3 miles.

After the worst night's sleep ever (I had to move to a different, crappier hotel where people ran up and down the hall drunkenly yelling all night and the door was paper-thin), an early morning presentation, and the new fitness center being equipped with stair steppers from the 1970's, soooo my workout involved walking to Cafe Du Monde to get Justin some beignets.  So glad to go home.