Missed the Gym this morning…

I can’t figure out if I really have an injury or not. I went out around 6:00 this morning to go into my regular HIIT routine. As I am running, warming up, within the first few minutes my lower shins, right on the inside, began to ache. What is that? I don’t want to say shin splints because I usually associate that with soreness in the tibialis anterior, even though the technical term for shin splints is medial tibial syndrome. My muscles aren’t sore, its just an aching feeling. My verdict is, my new shoes suck.

I’ve just started running with the Mizuno Wave Elixir 3’s, found them in the performance section at City Sports. I strayed away from my New Balances that were recommended to me by my local running shop, Pacers, because I needed something lighter and faster to sprint in during my HIIT training. The NB’s were bulky, and more for distance running, but they offered lots of stability for a big guy like me (6′6″ 205). The Mizunos are super light, but I think I may be damaging myself by wearing them. What a waste of 89 dollars. Why is it so hard to find a light shoe with the support I need?

In any case, I think my solution is to start sprinting on grass with my soccer cleats, and warm up on my way to the field in my NB’s.

So back to what happened this morning. So I get in a few minutes, and just decided I couldn’t grit through the pain, packed it up after about 5 minutes, NO SPRINTING UGH!! What a pain in the ass. My Wife and I are also hanging up shelves tonight in the bedroom so I think my workout time is shot there, oh well, better get these “off days” out before the 52 Day Challenge starts up next week.

I’ve had some other issues as well. For one, my heel nags me on occasion. I think I may have a minor case of plantar fasciatus which causes my heel to burn sometimes when I stand on it. Very minor, minor enough to deal with on a daily basis.

Also, one night this week I couldn’t sleep because my calves were constantly twitching. It was strange, they were right at the point where they felt like they were going to cramp but they wouldn’t, they would just twitch. It was very uncomfortable, to the point where I had to get up and eat a banana/chug some water. After a while I finally got to sleep, but it wasn’t fun at all. I started to think maybe over-training a bit, but I haven’t really adjusted my activity level too high in the past few weeks.

All of it really comes back to the Mizunos. Pre Mizuno - no cramping, no twitching calves, no shin ache / post Mizuno - extended twitching, and shin ache. I think I’ve found my issue.

Anyhow, as I said before, better to get this sorted out now before the 52DC starts up into full swing, looks like I’ll be putting in some work this weekend.

Cheers everyone! - Kevin