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Originally Posted by Cube Inmate
Also, shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome) is an injury that builds over time. Even with perfect technique, you can still do damage by increasing your distance too far, too soon. That's always been my problem -- my cardio and muscular tone improve faster than my shins, so I push myself too far. This year I'm trying to take it easy and ... so far, so good after 3+ weeks.
What do they say? Increase distance by only 10% per week? Yeah...my stubbornness had me starting at 10 k/week and trying to triple that in 2 weeks. Splinty goodness!
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Just to add on to this make sure you look at your calves and stretch them out a lot. Many people miss out stretching both calf muscles. You want to do a gastroc and soleus stretch. I've seen plenty of runners miss this. If your calves are too tight a lot of ground for gets placed on the shins causing shin splints.