going to ward off the next injury (now in mid-term of second shin splints attack in 15 months). As soon as the injury fades, I begin to think I'm indestructible. Aside from a few stretches, I just run. Why don't we learn?! Truth is, I think we do
and shin splints, but the last month or so I've felt quite good and done a fair amount of training. I’ve not run a 10K yet but I did a 5K in 23 minutes. I was hoping for better - is there any chance of me beating my PB or am I just too old?" – Mike
are caps of bandage with a squashy silicone gel inside. They fit over individual toes and really do help prevent blood blisters. See full threadShin splintsThe Dog Walker - The two main things you can do to prevent shin splints are (a) build up your
week to this circuit of bodyweight exercises designed by Gareth Cole, strength and conditioning coach at London gym The Third Space (www.thethirdspace.com), will help ward off running-specific niggles, such as shin-splints. The session consists mostly
double chin. I’d been running for six years, mostly five-mile stretches. I hovered around 12 and a half stone, and was prone to shin splints and knee pain. Obviously, 26.2 miles of asphalt could be a problem. The thought of being branded a DNF was my
is almost impossible - made even more so by the brain-turned-to-mush syndrome, which made me question even what city I was in. Maybe it was running the first 10 miles feeling fantastic, with no hint of the shin splints of the past few weeks to spoil it
? Perhaps. But I took the attitude that anything was possible until proved otherwise and I immediately started training and filming. Suffering from shin splints because I was overweight, my first 5K runs around Hyde Park often took over half an hour
it off?I can't explain my marathon calf crampsI got cramp at mile 20 of a marathon. Why?Why these shin splints after five years?KneeCan I run with a below-knee prosthesis? Can I run with knee cartilage removed? Why do my knees feel tender after racing
- or even get to the first mile - was a big question mark. My training went completely off course when shin splints set in about six weeks ago. To keep up my fitness I joined a gym and hit the cardio machines, but I was well aware this wasn't conditioning e
running shoes suited different people. That meant when I bought my first pair I was unquestioning when the man in the shop told me that the first ones he picked off the shelf were perfect for me. A few runs later and I had shin splints. I went to a
