More Shins than a...

I have been looking up shins and shin related injuries today. Fascinating stuff. Most pain in the shin is caused by not warming up or over exertion. In my case, I am guilty of not stretching and warming up the shins before hopping on the old treadmill. But first some more shin related info:

The word shin is an Indo-Iranian word and from the same root we get shank which makes sense.
The shin is actually the tibia bone which is paired with the fibula. The fibula is smaller and gets second billing.




The common site there is where my shin pain is. It is caused by inflamation of the pere-something or other that connects the tendons, muscles and bones together. Which brings up a good question: what's the difference between a tendon and a muscle? Do you know? No googling. Muscle is tissue that has the ability to expand or contract to produce movement. A tendon (fibrous tissue) connects a muscle to a bone. A ligament connects a bone to bone.

Anyway the best shin exercise is to extend your leg and spell the alphabet with your toes, rotating your ankle to spell the letters.

Last night, I attempted the treadmill to do my mile. Man , when the body doesn't want to work out, it will let you know. I didn't think I would make it but managed to complete my mile. I also found a training calendar and it matches my handy graph that I created, here it is:


Hmm, another small chart. Anyway, by January I need to be at 10 miles per week. Yikes that a lot of walking/running.

Don't tell my shins that they have a lot of work ahead.