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Were the compression socks to combat a problem or just for comfort? I’ve been getting a slight reemergence of shin splints and thinking of giving them a whirl.
Gave the shins a gentle foam roll yesterday, most painful thing EVER.
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Tried them: for the craic/keep legs warm/marginal performance gainz/see if they help with ankle tendonitis.
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Shinsplints, as in multiple micro fractures to Tibia bone.
Or Tibialis Anterior muscle becoming rock hard and trying to burst out of its compartment.
A good test for the former is single leg hopping. If you can't manage 20+ decent hops without shin pain, then don't try running being as that's circa 500 hops per Km.
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Been trying to get my fell fitness back. Realised I’ve not actually been running regularly for a lot longer than I thought.
Recce’d the Ilkley fell race course on Monday and again yesterday, a good reminder of what hard going actually feels like (and it’s only a five mile course!). Slogging up very muddy/snow/slushy steep climbs, getting blasted on the top by a killer headwind, 3 inches of snow atop the slush preventing you from building any sort of pace etc. Absolutely grim.
Then the low winter sun shines across the snow covered Moor, casting beautiful shards of golden light through the heather and you think “Bloody hell Yorkshire, yer reyt fit”
Also, first time out in compression socks - big thumbs up.
Also, massive thumbs up for the Helly Hansen Lifa Merino jobby I got for Christmas. Kept the wind out remarkably well, but didn’t overheat and generally regulated temp perfectly.
http://www.outdoorgb.com/p/Helly_Hansen_Mens_HH_Lifa_Merino_Max_Half_Zip_LS_Baselayer/?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=directory&utm_content=GBR¤cy=GBP&country=GBR&SelectedBundle=188661&SelectedItem=729801&gclid=CjwKCAiAqIHTBRAVEiwA6TgJwwKRNwzev9WR6DTmttgKq79WOxgYRVTy96LT7IS5TTvK7D9Bs8nkuhoCew4QAvD_BwE
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