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Location:

West Valley,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Apr 24, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Des News 24th of July, 2010, 10K (my first ever, of any kind!!) 1:11:30

Fight For Air Run June 6, 2011 10K 1:06:27

Des News 25th of July 2011 1:04:57

Short-Term Running Goals:

Utah Valley Half

Deseret New 10K, under 1 hr

Long-Term Running Goals:

keep on running

be healthy

Personal:

Married with two awesome kids, daughter is 17, son is 14. I drive a school bus and waitress on the weekends.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
New Balance 860 Lifetime Miles:						384.48
Asics GT 2160 Lifetime Miles:						297.60
Fila Skeletoes Lifetime Miles:						21.40
Asics Gel Galaxy Lifetime Miles:						23.00
Brooks GTS Lifetime Miles:						32.35

Sun, Dec 04, 2011

Total Distance

5.00

So after taking a very long 7 day break from running, I finally was able to go today. It was pretty cold out, and snow very lightly on and off, but I am glad I went. I am not sure if I have a pulled muscle or it's shin splints, but I was limping around last week, and when I tried to run on Tues, I had to turn around after 1/2 mile. I decided then I had better take some more time off to heal. I did take ibuprofen before today's run, just to make sure it wouldn't hurt too bad. Yea! It was really hard for me not to run, because I feel like I am finally committed to something, I have ran consistently since March 1, and hopefully I can keep on going!!

Asics GT 2160 Miles: 5.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From Russ on Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 19:35:19 from 74.114.3.253

Great job Peg! Glad you were able to get out. From other blogs I've seen, it looks like new shoes are a fairly regular culprit of shin splint-type injuries. I think I had them the last time I got new shoes. It is hopefully just your body adjusting to the new shoe type and the way your body moves wearing them. Try popping ibuprofen every day and even considering icing them. Have you ever tried soaking the legs in a 5 gallon bucket of ice water? It hurts like the Dickens the first time you do it, but it reduces swelling and pain like no other. After 2 minutes of pure hell you'll be able to do it for 15 minutes, but no more than that or frostbite can happen. Good luck!

From allie on Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 21:34:41 from 24.10.191.18

nice job, peg. you were smart to take the time off when you did. the shins are fragile and it's better to take a bit of time off now than a lot of time off later.

in addition to the stellar advice from russ, i would also add in heel/toe walking. walk on your toes for 2 minutes, then on your heels. repeat a few times. i have a lot of shin/calf problems and doing this on a regular basis keeps everything loose and feeling healthy. good luck.

From peg on Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 00:33:33 from 208.54.4.148

Thanks for the advice. I don't think it's the new shoes cause it has been hurting for quite a while, but I will try icing, and the exercises. Thanks you two!

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