Give me new shoes !
Thursday 26/04/07:
Iced and Anti-Flammed the inner shin area where it is sore before bed last night and it was feeling much better. Decided to run on it today and see how it went - I don't think its anything too serious, just a bit of immflamation and tightness from all of the racing I've been doing...
Headed out at 5.45am this morning - I think the long sleeved Cool-Max top over the crop tops are here to stay now for the winter - even tho it was a lovely day today, it started off rather fresh and I left the long sleeved top on for the entire run.
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 47.31mins, 10.04kms, Ave 4.44min/kms, Max 3.52min/km.
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Although the pace looks a little quick, I did feel comfortable thruout, hence describing it as 'steady'. I know I haven't been doing the amount of 'easy' paced runs that I would be if I was following the HM plan that I have used for my last couple, but as I'm keen on doing the shorter, faster races as well as HM's right now, I'm trying to find a balance in training too. Again, any suggestions are always welcomed...
On that note, I also want to say thanks to Ausrunner Clarkey for the recent comments he has left - and in particular the one yesterday about tired shoes! I had been thinking to myself this morning, when my shins got sore again about half way thru the run, that it probably is time to retire the current Nike Pegasus '06s. I've been running in just the one pair lately, including all of my racing, as I find them so much more comfortable than my previous '05s. Then I go on-line and read Clarkey's comment and it just all clicks really.... At least I'm hoping its as simple as that... Tried to get a new pair at Athletes Foot tonight on our way back from Courtney's gymnastics... but apart from giving totally crap service, they had very few Nikes in stock at all and certainly no Pegasus. Will be trying Rebel and Stirling Sports tomorrow...
I will also be taking another rest day tomorrow, as my left shin is really quite tender again now. Off to apply ice and Anti-Flamm again in a minute... Also, I have to apologise for being a bit of a slack "blogging buddy" just lately - having a new man in her life will do that to a girl !! But I am slowly working thru and catching up... Its not in my nature to just jump onto the most recent post, leave a comment and feel like I'm all up to date... oh no, I like to go back to where ever I left off and make sure I get all the goss ! But with school back this week, my sister here staying and the usual month-end chaos at work - its easier said than done right now! Please bare with me!
Iced and Anti-Flammed the inner shin area where it is sore before bed last night and it was feeling much better. Decided to run on it today and see how it went - I don't think its anything too serious, just a bit of immflamation and tightness from all of the racing I've been doing...
Headed out at 5.45am this morning - I think the long sleeved Cool-Max top over the crop tops are here to stay now for the winter - even tho it was a lovely day today, it started off rather fresh and I left the long sleeved top on for the entire run.
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 47.31mins, 10.04kms, Ave 4.44min/kms, Max 3.52min/km.
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Although the pace looks a little quick, I did feel comfortable thruout, hence describing it as 'steady'. I know I haven't been doing the amount of 'easy' paced runs that I would be if I was following the HM plan that I have used for my last couple, but as I'm keen on doing the shorter, faster races as well as HM's right now, I'm trying to find a balance in training too. Again, any suggestions are always welcomed...
On that note, I also want to say thanks to Ausrunner Clarkey for the recent comments he has left - and in particular the one yesterday about tired shoes! I had been thinking to myself this morning, when my shins got sore again about half way thru the run, that it probably is time to retire the current Nike Pegasus '06s. I've been running in just the one pair lately, including all of my racing, as I find them so much more comfortable than my previous '05s. Then I go on-line and read Clarkey's comment and it just all clicks really.... At least I'm hoping its as simple as that... Tried to get a new pair at Athletes Foot tonight on our way back from Courtney's gymnastics... but apart from giving totally crap service, they had very few Nikes in stock at all and certainly no Pegasus. Will be trying Rebel and Stirling Sports tomorrow...
I will also be taking another rest day tomorrow, as my left shin is really quite tender again now. Off to apply ice and Anti-Flamm again in a minute... Also, I have to apologise for being a bit of a slack "blogging buddy" just lately - having a new man in her life will do that to a girl !! But I am slowly working thru and catching up... Its not in my nature to just jump onto the most recent post, leave a comment and feel like I'm all up to date... oh no, I like to go back to where ever I left off and make sure I get all the goss ! But with school back this week, my sister here staying and the usual month-end chaos at work - its easier said than done right now! Please bare with me!
posted by Vicky @ 4/26/2007 08:50:00 pm
12 Comments:
At Thu Apr 26, 11:34:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
New man?????!!
Purleeeeease - more info!
At Fri Apr 27, 02:54:00 pm,
2P said…
Hmmm new man... maybe it is new boots you need....
At Fri Apr 27, 08:04:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
Queue total girlyness, Ohhhhhhhhhh, a new maaaaaan, Woaooooooo
LOL
I have been having some shin issues too (shhhh, if I don't say it out loud it isn't really happening) but my MT said last night that it didn't "feel" like shin splints, phew. Have been icing and anti-inflamming like mad too.
Have a great weekend ;-)
Oh, and Footprints on the Water is on it's way to Celeste in WA.
At Fri Apr 27, 09:38:00 pm,
MorseyRuns said…
You don't need to explain if the reason for no blogging is because of the new man! (I can't think of a better excuse)
At Sat Apr 28, 12:46:00 am,
Clarkey said…
Happy to be of service, just hope to see a 'no more pain' post soon!!
At Sat Apr 28, 11:46:00 am,
Kathy said…
Woohoo! New man!
Looking forward to hearing all about him. Hmm, that's if you get time in amidst all those other things that are keeping you busy.
At Sat Apr 28, 02:45:00 pm,
Andrew(ajh) said…
Your "steady" run paces are sure looking pretty "quick" to me. Well done. Couldn't agree more about the shoes too. Since I've been rotating a few pairs and not running in the same ones for subsequent days, my knees & legs have been heaps better.
At Sat Apr 28, 06:33:00 pm,
Celeste said…
I'm going to play devil's advocate and say that if the new shoes don't fix the shin problem, then get it looked at. I had sore shins and new shoes because I didn't have shin splints!!!
(I'm looking forward to getting your book from Em!!!!)
At Sat Apr 28, 07:15:00 pm,
Ewen said…
A new man and new shoes. What more could you want?
Your training seems to be going okay. Doing the training of a 5 to 10k runner is the way to go. That way you can cover the short races/relays and also run a good half.
Take care of the shins.
At Sun Apr 29, 10:31:00 pm,
Stu Mac said…
Time for a visit to the MT to go with those new shoes, ant-inflams & ice. The MT will be great for that spot in the shin, of course with lots of calf stretching to loosen that entire region.
At Mon Apr 30, 04:27:00 pm,
beakus said…
Oooooh... new man???!
I agree with Beki... more info please! I hope all is good, and lovely, and smiley and such like :oD though I can't believe you threw that into a post so casually! :oD
Re the shoe thing, I can relate to that, mine are nearing 600k and I am starting to get little niggles. I know it's at the lower end of replacement mileage, but I am noticing the cushioning is feeling a bit wafty.
Have you tried a bit of self massage? I find that really helps. Dig the heel of one foot into the shin of the other (only as much as you can bear, and just next to the shin bone), and run it up and down. For the calves, (tight calves can sometimes lead to sore shins), run one calf over the opposite knee.
I'll send you some piccies, as that's not too clear!
B.
At Mon Apr 30, 06:01:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
New Shoes, New Man. Good luck with catching up :)
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