Monday, May 2, 2011

Hmmm ... That Doesn't Feel Quite Right

The good news is that I got my first double-digit mileage run since November completed on Saturday, and it was great.  Actually only planned on 8-9 miles, but ran in a new place with a friend of mine who will also be running MCM (a rare non-solo run for me), and when all was done we had done 10.02 miles at 9:00 pace.  The run felt good, and the pace felt a little slow, which is a good sign.

However, a nagging soreness on the lower interior of my left shin has progressed to a little more than nagging, and when I did 4 miles on Sunday there was actually some accompanying pain on the interior of my left ankle for about .5 miles in the middle of the run.

Thus, I find myself at a bit of a crossroads.  I don't think this is something terribly serious, but despite my repertoire of injuries to draw upon for self-diagnosis, this isn't something I've experienced before.  I'm supposed to run 4/6/4 miles on Tues/Wed/Thurs, but I've already decided to skip the Tuesday run and lift legs (just quads, nothing weight-bearing on the ankle) instead.  I'll probably give the Wednesday run a go, but I'll just see how it feels Wednesday AM.  I don't want to get myself injured again, but I'm also in a great groove with the training where I find myself craving it.

Me and my frah-gee-lay legs.

16 comments:

  1. Nice 10 miler! You might want to double check where your shoes' mileage is, and if that isn't it, I hope the shin pain is outta here soon...

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  2. YAY on DD's
    ummmm...that means double digits. ya, never know if kovas may read this. ;)

    YAY for great groove & craving it!! awesome.

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  3. Great news on the double digits. Hope the extra rest takes care of the shin issue.

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  4. last i checked mcm is in october. you have time rest and nurse what ails ya. the shoe advice on the first comment is always a good place to start as well.

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  5. Hope it's nothing...sigh. Yay for double digits though!

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  6. Double digits rocks! Hope your leg is feeling better soon...

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  7. Great run! Hope resting will knock the pain!

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  8. doh those weird pains bug me, cause you can't tell if it will become something more. probably a good call to back off, maybe try compression socks and a rub down

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  9. Sorry about the strange leg pains but congrats on the double digit run!

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  10. I hate that crap. Is it a twang or is it an injury... better safe than sorry.

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  11. Try running with compression calf sleeves if you haven't already. They really alleviate shin pain.

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  12. Well, bad karma for not choosing any of my songs :-)

    Fine, I'll stop being a baby. Since the only thing that stopped me from going to medical school was high school, I feel qualified to say that in my experience shin pain is never serious. Sometimes it goes away after 1/2 hour "warm up". I'm not kidding.

    I fried a muscle near my shin in Dec/Jan and it did take me about 8 weeks to heal. Of course that's probably irrelevant b/c your almost-injury is probably totally different.

    If the pain gets worse on a run then shut it down. Just my 2 cents.

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  13. I'm finally at the point where I'll rest if I'm having pain, it's hard to do, but it's totally worth it.

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  14. must have those there I-talian legs. lol!

    hopefully it's nothing serious. keep us posted!

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  15. Urgh. I was all happy about the double digits and then I proceeded to read about the pain.

    Hope it goes away.

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  16. Hope you are feeling better!!! :0)

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