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Hi all,
I'm a relative newcomer to this running game and need some help and advice - the more specific the better!!
Right, about September last year I was training for my first half marathon - it was horrible at first but eventually I got over that hill and was loving it. By early December (if memory serves me correctly) I was up to about 8 miles in just over an hour and all was going swimmingly. I had been religiously following the BUPA guide on the Great North run website (training for the MK Half in March) which required 3 runs a week. The problem was I stupidly didn't factor in playing football twice a week and so was running, mainly on hard concrete or astroturf, 5 times a week, and kept on training through the strange knot feeling in my calf until, I suddenly felt a pain and had quite severe shin splints in my right leg.
It's now March (obviously) and I'm finally over them. I've been back to physio and he's given me the OK to start training again and for past 2 weeks, twice a week I've done 15 minutes (2 mins running, 1 min walking) and felt fine. My physio has only said to "build up slowly" and "see how you go". What I'm after is some slightly more detailed help....
The shin splints were painful and an absolute nightmare and so knowing how long they take to heal I'm going to go very easy and not bring them back!! But I am doing the Great North Run in October. So I do want to start training again (but I'm not going to injure myself training too hard).
So, this post is getting far too long, but basically I am after some guidance as to how I build on my current little exercises into a regular training pattern until eventually I can return to the BUPA guide (or anything else anyone recommends) and build up to race day.
I'll end here - but any help, if this rambling post makes sense, would be massively appreciated!
I'm a relative newcomer to this running game and need some help and advice - the more specific the better!!
Right, about September last year I was training for my first half marathon - it was horrible at first but eventually I got over that hill and was loving it. By early December (if memory serves me correctly) I was up to about 8 miles in just over an hour and all was going swimmingly. I had been religiously following the BUPA guide on the Great North run website (training for the MK Half in March) which required 3 runs a week. The problem was I stupidly didn't factor in playing football twice a week and so was running, mainly on hard concrete or astroturf, 5 times a week, and kept on training through the strange knot feeling in my calf until, I suddenly felt a pain and had quite severe shin splints in my right leg.
It's now March (obviously) and I'm finally over them. I've been back to physio and he's given me the OK to start training again and for past 2 weeks, twice a week I've done 15 minutes (2 mins running, 1 min walking) and felt fine. My physio has only said to "build up slowly" and "see how you go". What I'm after is some slightly more detailed help....
The shin splints were painful and an absolute nightmare and so knowing how long they take to heal I'm going to go very easy and not bring them back!! But I am doing the Great North Run in October. So I do want to start training again (but I'm not going to injure myself training too hard).
So, this post is getting far too long, but basically I am after some guidance as to how I build on my current little exercises into a regular training pattern until eventually I can return to the BUPA guide (or anything else anyone recommends) and build up to race day.
I'll end here - but any help, if this rambling post makes sense, would be massively appreciated!
