Comments on: Sidelined by Shin Splints-Maybe for Good http://amamasblog.com/2009/11/30/sidelined-by-shin-splints-maybe-for-good/ Daily life with my two boys and other topics Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Biology http://amamasblog.com/2009/11/30/sidelined-by-shin-splints-maybe-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-4868 Biology Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:40:33 +0000 http://amamasblog.com/?p=1998#comment-4868 I agree with this was one thing I loved about the Couch-5K program is that it gave me a way to ease in and find MY way of running. If you search for Chubby Jones Podcast on iTunes she has great music and I enjoyed it a ton. I’d already been running when I started, so I started at week one but did a week every run or so until I hit the point where I felt challenged. I agree with this was one thing I loved about the Couch-5K program is that it gave me a way to ease in and find MY way of running. If you search for Chubby Jones Podcast on iTunes she has great music and I enjoyed it a ton. I’d already been running when I started, so I started at week one but did a week every run or so until I hit the point where I felt challenged.

]]> By: A Mama's Blog http://amamasblog.com/2009/11/30/sidelined-by-shin-splints-maybe-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-4833 A Mama's Blog Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:51:45 +0000 http://amamasblog.com/?p=1998#comment-4833 Thank you all for the encouragement. I've made a decision and will have a blog post about it soon. Thank you all for the encouragement. I’ve made a decision and will have a blog post about it soon.

]]> By: Nicole http://amamasblog.com/2009/11/30/sidelined-by-shin-splints-maybe-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-4826 Nicole Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:43:32 +0000 http://amamasblog.com/?p=1998#comment-4826 This was one thing I loved about the Couch-5K program is that it gave me a way to ease in and find MY way of running. If you search for Chubby Jones Podcast on iTunes she has great music and I enjoyed it a ton. I'd already been running when I started, so I started at week one but did a week every run or so until I hit the point where I felt challenged. That way I wasn't stuck on the whole 9wk, 3 runs a week program when I was already running at least some. I get bored too easily to actually do the whole thing :) Anyway - when I started C25K I had shin splints too. I caught it right near the beginning and tried different ways of running. This is totally unscientific since I'm not a "real" runner, but I found that if I was leaning my body forward to speed myself up I got shinsplints. I solved them by leaning back, centering my weight more and putting my weight on my heels instead of my toes. I think I run slower this way (I run slow, period, and am happy with this) but I think I run more powerfully with my weight sort of condensed like that. Anyway - the point is not that I know how to solve your shin splints, but that I do think it's good to go back to basics and learn to run again the way that your body is telling you to. It took me a few weeks to feel like I was doing it "right". One thing I liked about intervals was that I could run for a bit then slow and and analyze how my body felt. Sigh. I miss running. This was one thing I loved about the Couch-5K program is that it gave me a way to ease in and find MY way of running. If you search for Chubby Jones Podcast on iTunes she has great music and I enjoyed it a ton. I’d already been running when I started, so I started at week one but did a week every run or so until I hit the point where I felt challenged. That way I wasn’t stuck on the whole 9wk, 3 runs a week program when I was already running at least some. I get bored too easily to actually do the whole thing :)

Anyway – when I started C25K I had shin splints too. I caught it right near the beginning and tried different ways of running. This is totally unscientific since I’m not a “real” runner, but I found that if I was leaning my body forward to speed myself up I got shinsplints. I solved them by leaning back, centering my weight more and putting my weight on my heels instead of my toes. I think I run slower this way (I run slow, period, and am happy with this) but I think I run more powerfully with my weight sort of condensed like that.

Anyway – the point is not that I know how to solve your shin splints, but that I do think it’s good to go back to basics and learn to run again the way that your body is telling you to. It took me a few weeks to feel like I was doing it “right”. One thing I liked about intervals was that I could run for a bit then slow and and analyze how my body felt.

Sigh. I miss running.

]]> By: Sunshine http://amamasblog.com/2009/11/30/sidelined-by-shin-splints-maybe-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-4823 Sunshine Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:45:32 +0000 http://amamasblog.com/?p=1998#comment-4823 I hope that whatever you decide it is not because you think you SHOULD, but because you love doing it. Time is precious, and there's so many things you can do that feel great. Maybe running is worth it; only you can know. I hope you don't think you are "quitter" if you decide on something better. Follow your bliss. :) I hope that whatever you decide it is not because you think you SHOULD, but because you love doing it. Time is precious, and there’s so many things you can do that feel great. Maybe running is worth it; only you can know. I hope you don’t think you are “quitter” if you decide on something better. Follow your bliss. :)

]]> By: Brandy http://amamasblog.com/2009/11/30/sidelined-by-shin-splints-maybe-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-4822 Brandy Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:16:14 +0000 http://amamasblog.com/?p=1998#comment-4822 hey there. sorry you are bummed about running but look at it this way...this is providing another chance for you to learn to take care of yourself and do what your body needs you to do. you love running so much, why give up when you started to do so well? since you did well from initial ground zero, why wouldn't you be able to incorporate these new techniques and pull it all together again? you can do it!! don't give up because there is a bump in the road...just run over it! ;) hugs and loves to ya!! hey there. sorry you are bummed about running but look at it this way…this is providing another chance for you to learn to take care of yourself and do what your body needs you to do. you love running so much, why give up when you started to do so well? since you did well from initial ground zero, why wouldn’t you be able to incorporate these new techniques and pull it all together again? you can do it!! don’t give up because there is a bump in the road…just run over it! ;) hugs and loves to ya!!

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