The pain in my inner lower legs I mentioned before is apparently called shin splints. The guy at RUNNR told me that it's experienced mostly by heel runners and flat foots but also by most runners. He explained that it is important to have the right shoes and have the right foot landing to avoid this. Because I'm not ready to invest in PhP8000 shoes just yet, he suggested running heel pads for me which cost just PhP711.
I read more into shin splints and learned that it can be "very slow to heal". Ouch! >_<
Also, it can be alleviated and altogether cured by shin stretches.
I know that you must NEVER run with something new (new diet, equipment, etc), and I just bought the heel pads. I wonder if I will use it tomorrow, if I run at all. Tomorrow is my 10k run for Unilab but I am torn between doing it or training with my dragonboat team for the upcoming Manila Ocean Park race on the 28th.
Maybe it's finally time for my recovery week?
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
My First Time Running
I've been planning to get back to the gym to keep fit. So I searched online for some training shoes and found ones I liked. Too bad that when I got to the store, it wasn't available so I opted for running shoes instead. I was thinking "maybe I could get into some running, since it's all the rage these days." Right now, I think it's the right choice. You could train, run, even play basketball with running shoes because they're light.
A bit later, I met my kuya for our wall climbing session - this was my second time. He told me that he just registered for the Condura race. What great timing, right? After our session, I too registered for the race. Too bad they don't have singlets, but that's okay. I'm thinking of also registering for the superbods run. For the singlets. ^_^ That's what got me interested in running in the first place.
I registered for the 10k run and put 30 minutes as my predicted finish time. Is that impossibly fast for a beginner to pull off? The race is on February 7 so I have 2 weeks more or less to train. Yikes! I hope I'm not in way over my head with this one.
A bit later, I met my kuya for our wall climbing session - this was my second time. He told me that he just registered for the Condura race. What great timing, right? After our session, I too registered for the race. Too bad they don't have singlets, but that's okay. I'm thinking of also registering for the superbods run. For the singlets. ^_^ That's what got me interested in running in the first place.
I registered for the 10k run and put 30 minutes as my predicted finish time. Is that impossibly fast for a beginner to pull off? The race is on February 7 so I have 2 weeks more or less to train. Yikes! I hope I'm not in way over my head with this one.
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