From everything I've read the usual rest/ice/NSAIDS/orthotics/no hills/no hard surfaces....Yadayadayada....so I'd rather just ask y'all:
Raced a 5K last Saturday, same course as last year w/ the first half mile on a gravel horse track, next 1/8 mile on a beat-up broken down asphalt parking lot, and the rest on broken down hilly roads. Felt fine, beat last year's time, showed off my soles to the curious during and after the pizza, and in general had a good time.
Rode an hour on the tandem barefoot and fairly hard just a few hours later with my wife, yet still felt great.
Went for a casual barefoot stroll with her through the neighborhood in the evening and felt a pain and tightness in my left shin, had to slow down, and within minutes felt lame. Shin Splints? Dunno, never had them since high school walking fast to keep up with long legged classmates, and that stuff disappeared as soon as I slowed down.
I've realized today that there is real swelling, so I started the ice and elevation.
I know about delayed onset and all that, but can you really feel nothing, go biking pretty hard after the run, and then develope true shin splints/possibly stress fracture symptoms for the first time later that night?
OK, any real docs can answer as well, I'm not sure if I should rest, listen to my body, give it a test run, or what.
I'll be in the Pub tonight I suppose.
Raced a 5K last Saturday, same course as last year w/ the first half mile on a gravel horse track, next 1/8 mile on a beat-up broken down asphalt parking lot, and the rest on broken down hilly roads. Felt fine, beat last year's time, showed off my soles to the curious during and after the pizza, and in general had a good time.
Rode an hour on the tandem barefoot and fairly hard just a few hours later with my wife, yet still felt great.
Went for a casual barefoot stroll with her through the neighborhood in the evening and felt a pain and tightness in my left shin, had to slow down, and within minutes felt lame. Shin Splints? Dunno, never had them since high school walking fast to keep up with long legged classmates, and that stuff disappeared as soon as I slowed down.
I've realized today that there is real swelling, so I started the ice and elevation.
I know about delayed onset and all that, but can you really feel nothing, go biking pretty hard after the run, and then develope true shin splints/possibly stress fracture symptoms for the first time later that night?
OK, any real docs can answer as well, I'm not sure if I should rest, listen to my body, give it a test run, or what.
I'll be in the Pub tonight I suppose.