Forums >General Running>17 days and...shin spints
I've only been getting in 1-2 runs during the week of 3-4 piddly miles I know my shins can't handle heavy mileage if I don't keep it going during the week.
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Addie: Don't do it. It takes courage and discipline to withdraw. Running is a wonderful experience. You don't want to ruin it by choice. 3 marathons in 16 months... You realize that's more than most elite runners do--and there's a reason why.
When you were told "if you keep running you're going to get stress fractures" did you mention your marathon in 17 days to the doc? Personally, I would be checking Chicago's medical deferral policy.
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Jake - I couldn't find too many of her posts, but there are a few, along with her log. It appears that she started OK, then ran her first race in the 9:30 mile neighborhood, and thereafter ran most of her training runs at race pace! Just a couple months later came the stress fracture. She wasn't doing a ton of miles.