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For what it's worth, I don't put much by the whole 10%/ week thing. Bodies take time to adapt to new loads and a week is not long in the scheme of things. I generally take the approach of only upping distance or intensity when I feel good/easy running current distances. Can be as much as 6 weeks between steps.
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Cheers for this, also to Chack and Alf0nse. It's my first shinsplint and came as a surprise as I've been pretty careful about the 10% weekly increase, mobility, progression running mainly... Felt like I'd been hoofed in the shin on Saturday and Sunday but calming now. Still limping a bit but my physio helped a lot yesterday and I hope to do some treadmill on Friday and see how that goes.
It's a bummer but if any week's not a bad one to sit out it's when snow and sleet arrive. Just really hoping that I can get back at it soonish and it won't be an interminable or recurring problem. Doing all the shin splinty exercises right now.