Physical exercise

I started out enthusiastically running in sub-zero temperatures. I was making tangible progress in a short time. Unfortunately, it didn’t take very long to become sidelined with an injury. I got shin-splints. No matter what I did, they did not heal. Walking down the street became very painful for me, especially when there was any sort of incline.

Once I hit puberty, I was never a ‘skinny’ girl. I always had curves, but not always in the places I thought were the right places. It didn’t bother me so much when I was younger because I always wore a size 8, and was very small on top. It gave me the advantage of an optical illusion of being smaller than I was. Plus, I had a smaller than average waistline.

I made a pledge to myself at the beginning of this year that I would train to run a 5K race. You haven’t heard from me in a while and perhaps you think I gave up. Far from it.

Well since I’m side-lined with what appears to be shin-splints, I am doing my best to just stretch and concentrate on other types of fitness that won’t aggravate this until I can go back to running, perhaps less aggressively.

If any of you have been following my blog, you know I just started a new running regiment. I was getting a little better each day and feeling great about it.

My last run was on a treadmill, and every single step I took hurt. I figured I was just sore from doing something new. But it’s been two days, and while the pain has subsided, it is sharper than one would suspect. The symptoms I have, are classic symptoms for shin splints, though it could be something else.