Late September Trouble

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.