I’m not even IN pain, I AM pain.

The pain is mostly concentrated on my lower legs, so I might be undergoing what they call “shin splints,” a relatively common condition for beginner runners.  If that’s the case then my legs have betrayed me. Shouldn’t I be over the pain part by now?  I’ve been doing 5Ks and just last Sunday I managed to pull off a 10K! Alive! And now my legs go and let me down. Tsk tsk.

So it’s either these aren’t shin splints or there’s something wrong with my form that’s causing chronic leg pain.

Either way, I’ve resorted to taking a painkiller, which I hardly ever do, unless the situation calls for it. And judging from the fact that I have been uttering every expletive known to man the whole night, then I suppose the situation does call for it.

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