Week 3 and 4

I am just getting caught up with recording my runs. I suffered a bout of shin splints recently and had to cut back on the training in week 4. On Tue Feb 24 I went out on a 5 miler around the house. I felt really good and tried to push the pace. I felt really good and think that it was one of my faster 5 mile runs, averaging sub 7:00 minutes for the entire run.



On Thursday I went out and did my 6 mile loop between Mtn. View and Sunnyvale. I tried to keep the pace nice and even and did pretty good through 3 miles. I ratcheted up the pace a little for the last half of the run, but I felt pretty wiped by the time I reached the 5 mile mark. All in all it was a good run after work.



My Saturday run had to be fit into my Tahoe weekend. I made it up to Kirkwood on Saturday morning and stayed with co-workers in South Lake Tahoe. Before the night got started, I snuck out for a 3 mile run at 6200 ft. I didn't feel as tired as I thought I would, but my shins started giving me trouble. I had a feeling that I was developing shin splints. The 3 miles went by smoothly and I made it back just as it was getting too dark to see.



I did try to go out and run my Sunday 10 miles even though it had been raining all day. I decided to run a 5 mile loop around the house twice in case it started to rain too hard or I got too cold. I finished the first loop and decided that my shins weren't cooperating and that it would be prudent if I cut the run short. I don't have any run data as the iPod was acting up. I ended up taking all of week 4 off in order to rehab my shins. I did a lot of stretching and strengthening excersices. I also began taking Vitamin E and Selenium along with ibuprofen.