This is bad. My shins are REALLY hurting today, and my legs are tingly a lot too. I knew I’d pushed it yesterday, but felt alright last night. I’ve had shin splints years ago when doing a bit of running and sometimes with footy, but not like this. The muscles around my shin bone seem [...]

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Let’s see what this 2008 Andy in his high-tech gear can do! Decided to push it hard and push it fast to see how much I’m capable of right now. Three miles on concrete, up some steep but short slopes at a 10:16 pace. Set off quite fast, feeling good, tiring towards the end, but [...]

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Getting into the swing of things now. Ran a bit further along the cycletracks, and would have made 2 miles if I hadn’t been looking at the wrong figure. Condition Before: Calves a bit tight Condition After: Felt quite good. Slight shin pain. muscles feel ok

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Only did a mile outside tonight, but my calves now feel very tight. Beginning to wonder how out of shape my legs are! Need to get them in condition otherwise going to have problems. Good pace (< 10 minute mile) but nowhere near as comfortable as I’d like. Condition Before: OK, quads had recovered. Condition After: [...]

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I’m even further committed now. I thought I’d tell everyone at work so they’d know why I may be hobbling around in the mornings soon, and to let them know about my chosen charity (Dreams Come True). Plenty of encouragement, so I mustn’t let them down now! My quads are hurting a fair bit today [...]

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After spending all that money on my new gear, I couldn’t wait to try it all out! So with my sparkling new bouncy trainers, high-tech shorts and top, fancy silver socks, and the Nike+ strapped to my wrist I set out on the paths down the road for my first proper training session. I ended [...]

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Went to a sports shop to get my running gait analysed and pick up some decent trainers. The video cam in the shop showing how I run picked up I slightly overpronated, so they helped me pick some suitable trainers to help provide more stability. I chose the Asics 2130′s as they seemed comfortable and [...]

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