I haven't been doing much running lately. I ran 5 miles on Tuesday and then did the Color Me Rad 5K with my family on Saturday which was mostly speed walking with minimal jogging. My shins are all better but there is a small area on my right shin that is kind of tender to the touch. It didn't help that last night my Pom was screaming under the bed and I jumped out of bed to see what was wrong and hit the hell out of my shin on the side panel of the bed! I think I really did some damage when I hit it! NOT GOOD because now it kinda hurts when I walk on it! I hope it's not another injury but it is bruised this morning from the hit. I guess I will wait and see how it feels in a couple of days. I am not sure what happened to my dog but thank God she appears to be alright.
Thank you to everyone for the advice on Marathon Training plans. I think I might try the Run Less Run Faster plan which was recommended by many of you since it includes three quality runs per week and cross training which fits my schedule. I will have to commit to the cross training but I know that it is just as important to prevent injury so this seems to be a plan worth trying for me. I am also going to try some fast finishes during my long runs that Terzah, who blogs over at BQby40, recommended. I think this will be helpful when I attempt to tackle those last 6.2 miles of the marathon next February. I may have to make some minor changes to the plan to make sure I can stick with it but I am excited to try something new this time around.
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This training plan is sounding like one that I may need to look into for after baby races. Just schedule wise it looks much more doable and I have seen many people have great results with it! Sorry to hear about the shin...be careful of that body chickie!!
ReplyDeleteI am thinking the same thing about the training plan. I sure hope I didn't do anything serious to my shin! I am a mess!
DeleteI sorry to hear about your shin. I've just recovered from 1 month of shin rehab, and can now run without pain. With any luck, your bruise will be gone in no time.
ReplyDeleteTerzah has good advice. Hope hers works out for you.
I am going to have to contact you about you dealt with the shin pain! I have never had this before and banging it last night didn't help me either!
Deleteeek I hope you feel better soon! Injuries are no fun!!! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI think I am going to be okay. I surely do not need to go through this whole injury thing again!
DeleteI hope that shin heals up and you didn't injure it further! Yay for RLRF!
ReplyDeleteI am excited to try out the RLFR plan since many people have had success with it! Thanks you for the positive thoughts for my shin!
DeleteI'm coming to this post late, but I hope that just means it's been enough time for your shin to feel better. Don't you hate it when you hurt yourself *not* running?! If I'm going to be injured, I want it to be an honest running injury. :^)
ReplyDeleteI hope those fast-finish LRs work for you. I didn't do them all that way, but the ones I did were huge confidence boosters.
I just can't seem to stay uninjured! I guess I got my half PR so if I am am injured I won't feel so bad. I think I need to just stay in a plastic bubble!! I am a mess!
DeleteHope your shin pain goes away and stays gone!
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