"My best advice is really just to never give up, even if it hurts. Push yourself as much as you can.
However, if you ever get shin splints I would advise you to take a week off before you make it worse."
basically this
my recent knee injury (not a shin splint, but pretty similar) got way worse than it would have been because i continued running even after the pain was getting unbearable, and after i told my coach and stopped running i kept trying to walk it off when i >knew< this wasnt something minor. by the time i got home i couldnt walk 2 steps without immediately falling over because of the pain (went to my doc, turned out to be nothing serious, just needs to rest and when i can run again to take is slower than before for the first week or two)
you should usually ignore things like soreness or light pains though, especially in the thighs/calves or lower back
know the difference between pushing your limit and being past it |