I have a charity 10k run on the 4th June, Roughly 4 weeks away. Recently every time i run my shins and calves get extremely tight so i took a few days off. I decided my legs felt better yesterday so went for a short run and again straight away my legs started playing up again and just below my knee caps started to hurt. I thought it would be best to take a bit of time off running to recover. I am now slightly worried that i won't be able to finish the 10k for charity without my legs causing issues. Is it possible i could still do the 10k race or would it be best to give it a miss? I would be disappointed if i couldn't do it so i'm willing to try anything that could help.
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I have tried different warm up and cool down stretches but shins always sore afterwards.
I run 3 times a week.
Any tips on sore shins welcome
If you're just starting running from a previously sedentary lifestyle and are carrying a bit of excess weight whilst using lager and cheeseburgers as recovery drinks and meals then you're going to encounter physiological problems with your recovery and thereafter your follow on runs.
Its really a case of listening to your body and not trying to battle through obvious issues. You will just cause increased problems and ultimately be in a 2 steps forward 3 back type situation.
Since starting my PT has been on cautious side not thinking I can manage as much as I can. I struggle with long runs but can run more after a break. I have done a 5k last month which was a mix of slow jog and fast walk 50 minutes which I’m pleased with as when ever I’m running I try to keep to the speed of 1km every 10 min. I did run 2km in last PT before Christmas which was the session my PT really did seem to relax and push me to do more as he knew I could manage it. Best bit is we planned for me to do 1.5 km and towards end my PT kept saying he thought I could manage 2km I think he wanted me to say I’d do 2km but I didn’t so he was like undecided about route to take short 1 would have been 1.5km longer one 2km. By this time I wasn’t bothered which I would have been happy to finish sooner but felt I could manage a bit more. He decided the longer way. I have done quite a bit of jogging over Christmas and New Year. Should be having first PT of this year on Tuesday I’m hoping to jog all 10k by April which will also mean I could do with longer than an hour PT which I have been wanting.
I’m on my own practicing til end of next month. Could help as I can push myself and see how much I can manage rather than having to make sure I’m ok to run set distance on set days. Got few sessions with PT nearer time as long as I manage it in 100 min I’ll be happy.