Last night I took care of business and finished W8. However, in keeping up with much of the last two weeks, it wasn't without its share of difficulty. The workout started out like most of the others but, about two minutes into the run, I began to feel an aching in my right shin. The ache was at its worst at the left side of the shin and the same side of the calf. It was minor at first, as usual, but it quickly flared up to a point that it bordered on actual pain.
Despite that, I kept on going. I slowed my pace down a tad to see if that would help and it did; sort of. I could still feel the aching but it wasn't quite as noticeable. From that point on, it simply flared up here and there. At about 22 minutes in, I started to worry that it may be something serious so I slowed down to a brisk walk. I did this for about a minute and the aching calmed down some so I decided to try running again. It didn't flare up again but the remaining part of the run wasn't too comfortable.
Although I didn't run 28 minutes straight, I did surpass that amount of time overall. Since I paused the run portion to walk, I ran through the first minute or so of the cooldown walk to make up for it. At the end of the day, I know I can run 28 minutes straight without a problem so I wasn't too down on myself for completing D3 the way that I did. Once I got home, I put an icepack on the shin and kept it elevated for a little while. It helped some, but I'm not out of the woods yet. I'm planning to wait and see how I feel Tuesday evening before starting W9. There's a good chance I'll be holding off until Wednesday, though.
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