This week was a little better as far as time goes, but I've still been having some problems with my lower legs. I started a new training method where I'll run for 4 minutes, then walk for one minute, and continue that pattern until I've completed my mileage. I have found it to be pretty helpful, since mentally it's much easier to push myself for 4 minutes at a time than to think "okay...I've got 4 miles to go.." But that's just me. I've had to run on the treadmill this week since it's been pretty cold, or maybe I'm just a wimp. For the running segments, I would set the speed anywhere between 6.2 and 6.7 mph (avg pace 9:40 to 8:57) and my walking pace to 4 mph (avg pace 15:00). The average pace evened out in the end and I was pretty pleased with my times considering it was only my second week, but two of those days I would get about a mile in and the shin pain would come back, so I'd have to walk more often than I would have liked. I'll most likely take a week off or so, just to rest my legs and rule out a stress fracture.
Tuesday- 3 miles, avg pace 10:30
Thursday- 4 miles, avg pace 10:30
Saturday- Supposed to be 4 miles, but ended up 2. Avg pace 10:22
This was when I really started to worry about the pain in my legs. I thought I could finish my miles by walking, but even that was pretty excruciating, so I decided it was time to stop.
I was supposed to run 3 miles today, but like I said, I'm taking a few days to a week off just to rest and ice my legs. We'll see how it goes after that.
