10 Oct 12 That
Old Familiar Pain
WHEN
During the last week of September I ran a total of
about thirty miles, but it wasn’t so good.
The shin splints nearly put me out.
TEMP
Temperature are way down, fifties and sixties, so
clothing must be chosen accordingly.
CONDITIONS
Rain is going to be a more regular factor, and not
the cool summer stuff. Autumn rain is to
avoided like the plague.
AIR CONDITION
The air should be good for the next six months at
least.
RUN
Again, with the shin splints I have had
trouble. With the inserts, the pain is
gone after five or six miles, but that is going to cause problems, so I’ve been
off for about two weeks.
TOTAL MILEAGE FOR EIGHT DAYS: 30 MILES
TIME range
RATE est.
9.8 – 10.5
WEIGHT 188
lbs
HEART RATE
INJURY THREATS
Not to go on excessively about it, I remember that
in the seventies the inserts altered the bone positions, and it took some time
for the muscles and tendons to adjust. I
don’t remember how long that took, but eventually it must have been good,
because all of my good running and long running took place after that. I remember that after a while I couldn’t tell
if the inserts were in or not. The only question
is that the expert kid in the store said we don’t run in inserts, but I always
did, as the podiatrist told me to. I
will run in these, but they are far from durable as the resin inserts. On the other hand, how many times can I buy a
pair of these for thirty dollars before it equals a visit to the doctor and the
creation of resin inserts?
MILEAGE YTD 370
COMMENTS
I might resume today. This is the most dangerous period, because
once a runner gets up in the mileage but takes two weeks off late in the year,
there is the pull to stop running until Spring.
I can’t have that, so I had better get moving.
