Of Mondays and shin splints

It has been a few days since my last post. First things first, I did not get to run the 5k in Westhampton on Saturday. Having a kid who is on the verge of turning two makes it a bad idea to pre-register for these type of events. Aidan had a fitful night of sleep going into Saturday morning and rather than wake him up early to go to the race Dori and I decided to let him sleep in and buy ourselves a day free of tantrums and meltdowns.

My brother Marc did manage to get to the starting line in time for the gun. In his first 5k Marc crossed the finish line in 33 and some change. Congrats to Marc for taking his run off the treadmill and onto the pavement.

With absolutely no running taking place on Saturday Dori and I headed to the local high school on Sunday to put some laps in. The bonus of running at the track is that we can bring a bucket, shovel and some other toys for Aidan to play with in the long jump pit. Don't judge me. He loves it.

Imagine our disappointment when we rolled up to the track and discovered that it looked like a construction site. Our track work turned into yet another nice loop around the neighboorhood. I did the mile and a half loop in 16:30.

I am getting very sick of this mile and a half loop. So this morning when I rolled out of bed can you guess what I ran? Yup. I felt like complete hell as my shins are really starting to bother me. I am not even going to bother posting how long it took me. It was bad news all around.

I know I need to take more time to stretch before I get out and go. Ignoring fudamentals in order to grab an extra few minutes sleep has not paid off. The alarm clock is going to be set a half hour earlier from now on to accomodate some decent stretching.

Upcoming races.

Monday, July 27 2009 - Bethpage State Park - 5k - 7pm

Saturday, August 1, 2009 - Sayville Summerfest - 4 miler - 9am

Status:

6 miles into my goal of running 50 miles in thirty days. Have to put in 44 more by 8/17. I really need to start running longer.