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Figbash, can you expand on your stride comment? Should I be striking as close to the middle of my foot as possible when my foot comes down, or should I try to land on the ball of my foot as a way to prevent that slapping of my toe?
Interesting, figbash. I was thinking about this, and I think my running stride is okay, but my C25K brisk walk isn't! I really have to stride (and slap, I think) to keep both feet down when I walk. I do it at 4.0mph, so I'll try decreasing that when I'm back running. I assume that walking wrong can cause shin splints, too? Will the wonders never cease...
I just jogged across the street to avoid some traffic and my shin hurt in the same place as two weeks ago. I'm terrified that I'm not going to be able to run starting next week. I don't want to get an xray, I don't want to agitate for a bone scan, I want to run! I know I shouldn't push it, but I'm so tempted to just run, pretty easy, ice afterwards, and see if I can keep the pain low level. I mean, maybe I'm just overreacting to some pretty normal pain. How dumb am I? Help me! Help my aching nonrunning psyche!
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