Hiccup

The shin splints are back.

Worse than they were before, these came on with a vengence. Got about 10 minutes into my run last night when I didn't have a choice but to stop and walk. Made it to the water fountain and walked back to VQ. A slow walk, too. Took me an hour total to finish the crap workout.

So frustrated. I thought I had these all taken care of. I was so careful. Stretching all the time... running slower. What a mess.

And on top of it, I think this Ironman thing is really messing with my head. I'm literally on a roller-coaster. One day I'm on top of the world, and the next day I feel like the world is on my shoulders. I'm a disaster right now. These shin splints really have me down. And I was feeling SO good.

I'm supposed to be running 19M in Schaumburg this weekend. But how am I supposed to run that far with these issues? The last thing I need is a stress fracture from trying to run through them.

Thinking about going to get compression sox at lunch today, or after work. I've heard they work and I can put ice packs inside them, too.

Such a mess today...