In the last post I mentioned that I had to pull out of the Two Castles 10k
yesterday. I only got the place two weeks ago and was really looking forward to
the event. Two Castles is my local 10k race, it starts at Warwick Castle, and
finishes at Kenilworth Castle. This would have been my first Two Castles 10k
Race. Being the Regency Runners local
event, the Regency Runners are always out in full force. This I think always
makes it extra special. In fact, a twitter friend of mine @russw ran the race
yesterday and said that Regency Runner shirts were everywhere, I won't of
course mention that he was pipped on the line at our local parkrun Saturday by
one of the new members to the club, Samantha!
So the reason for me pulling out is? Probably every runner’s worst nightmare
shin splints.
Since the marathon, my primary running goal has been to improve my pace. As
I have mentioned before I have joined the 5k 10 week course at running group, this
involves lots of interval work, just what I need. Or so I thought!
The problem with changing your pace up after a marathon is your muscles are
still healing, not just from the 26.2 miles but also the months of training
that you have put in, so when you start to have a go at sprint sessions your
muscles are all sticky and can't move properly, causing more damage. I thought
that the 4 weeks I took off from running after the marathon would have been
enough, but it appears I was wrong yet again!
I have only been running once a week, with the PT sessions at Peak Fitness
and my own sessions in the gym I have been able to keep myself busy enough. As
I have been having the pain for a few weeks, I thought the rest in between runs
would do me some good.
Thursday I decided to go down to meet with running group for a relays
session, pretty stupid idea I know, but in my defence my legs felt surprisingly
good. I got through the first drill with no real pain, but during the second
drill I started to feel sharp pains in my shins during the sprints, this was
then quickly followed by quite heavy pain in between the sprints so I quickly
dropped out quite miserably half way through.
I had a physio appointment with Cathy booked for today as I knew the shine
splints were quickly becoming an issue. After lots of pain, prodding, poking,
ice and tape, this is the result:
I think secretly Cathy was very pleased with the pretty patterns that she made on my legs with her tape, however I don't quite know how I can hide this when I am in the office tomorrow!
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