Running grumbles

I did something terrible to my left shin in the 16K race last weekend, in which I took a minute off my PB, which, frankly, is rubbish. I was planning to knock of a good 8 minutes, but I'm blaming a nasty twinge in my hip flexor (right) for the failure. Irritatingly though, I first got the twinge at training on a day where I thought I'd got a slightly longer stride working really well. ([500, 2:15, 150] as opposed to [500, 2:05, 170]).

Anyway, 9 days, NINE, of rest is what it took to get back on the track. And I was 8% slower, and 8% more out of condition when I did. And, the flexor is still twinge-y. Grrrr. But at least the shin splints pulled up OK.