Marathon Buster

A couple of days ago I found a hidden part to my running ap that provided me with workout suggestions. I ran most of and walked some of four miles that day. Today was supposed to be the same deal. Run four miles.

Not too long ago, a couple months, that would have not been a problem, but now I am having the worst shin splints. All along the front of my shin bone the muscle tightens up and it’s just not possible to run through it. So I walked 2.5 miles and called it a day.

Back when my body liked me a bit better and actually allowed me to run sub 10 minute miles and run around greenwood cemetery and do the Manhattan bridge My wife could not touch a portion of my calf without me screaming in pain, She just tried it now and still that same pain is there. She showed me how hard she pressed by squeezing my arm and there was very little pressure. It felt like she gripped my leg in a vice.

So what the fuck.

Now I would assume if I had a stress fracture the pain would be constant.

I am not a doctor though, as a drill sergeant put it to me when I fell out of a run in basic training due to the same evil affliction.

I am wondering if a shin splint compressor would work. They look like long athletic socks. Maybe losing weight will do it.

Unfortunately I have the opposite of body dysmorphic disorder and don’t think I look like I need to lose weight.

Though, when I came back from Italy I had a vein in my bicep showing through the skin, a vein like skinny people have and I was a bit lighter. I sometimes wonder what I could achieve if I could drop twenty pounds.

It doesn’t matter. I have changed my diet. I eat whole grains. I drink only skim milk now. My only poisons are lager and pizza and neither are allowed to me in any great quantities.

I have a wife.

I should try another cleanse, not that I even really know what a cleanse is.

I tried something called a cleanse once, not too long ago. I was supposed to eat cabbage soup and all the veggies and fruit I wanted. By day four I had self-destructed at my job burning that bridge down completely and stayed jobless until just yesterday were now I found myself back to waiting on tables.

Anyway maybe if I wear my winter running tights my shin splints will go away. I certainly will not give up my marathon dream it just might not happen for several more years/decades.