Shinsplinty woe

[andygates]

Runners - can you suggest tricks to speed up the recovery of shinsplints? I'm suffering bigtime and still need to get a tennish miler in before the Exeter Half. Any and all tips, tricks, drugs, old wives and scuttlebutt are welcome.

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[ravenbait.livejournal.com]

I had to take two weeks off because of my bastard knees. Went out last night on a 3 miler - there's not much round here that isn't off-road. I did wear my big knee braces but my knees were fine. More remarkably, no shin splints!

Having said that, now the outside of my right arse cheek is sore as all hell.

Maybe I'm just not built for running.

Have a rest, Munky. It'll be better for you in the long run (heh).

[andygates.livejournal.com]

I'd been meaning to ask about your knees. Good to hear they're behaving.

[ravenbait.livejournal.com]

Well, they're behaving so far.

How's the swimming coming?

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Today I got eight lengths nonstop (in something scary like seven minutes, don't laugh) but after two of crawl had to back down to breaststroke. Got eight or so lengths of crawl in among the rest of the session, so I know it's there. It's coming together, slowly and vaguely but it is coming. The stumbling point is breathing and Seal saying "close your nostrils" isn't terribly helpful. I seem to get a red "argh! breathe!" light as soon as I get my face underwater. Any tips on that, O Aquahippian?

Anyway, the requisite 8 means that I will survive to T1, and in that sort of time, only be one minute behind the old ladies and jellyfish and people in costumes. That minute I can take back when Nero carveth up their fat-tyred shoppers.