So a couple of days ago I had the best run of my life. I ran five miles in just under an hour. That's about 12 minute miles. For me this is a huge milestone so needless to say I was stoked, I felt great afterward and couldn't have been more ready to go out and do it again.
So today I decided to run with Mike, who is trying to recover from a pulled calf and has been running much slower paces. The first fourth of the run was okay, everything after that went to shit. My left shin splints flared up super bad and I ended up walking far more than I did running. Again, needless to say I am really bummed. I've had the shin splints for like three or four weeks now and I cannot seem to shake them. I'm doing all the right things but it still caused me enough pain to completely crush my attitude and my pace.
So I'm going to switch up my exercise routine next week to something much lower impact on the legs. I'm pissed that I did so poorly after doing so well, I'm pissed that its taking my body so long to get with the program. It's hard to get set back, but there is no freaking way I'm going to quit. I just can't.
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