Shin Splints

        Hey, blogettes! It's Smiles here! Today was a great day for track because my legs actually got to rest since we were lifting all the time. I have really bad shin splints on both of my legs that will need to be wrapped in order for me to do anything without pain and safer too. My arm was good for lifting today. I numbed it with some muscle relief and that helped out a lot. I guess track is something that wasn't made for me but with adaptations and care I can do it and I can do anything. I just knew that I can't go full bore because it hurts. Shin splints suck for that reason. I mean I want to give it my all but I can't because of the pain and what happens with them.
        Shin splints are also very scary because the way that our school nurse described it is that the muscles are inflamed and coming off your shin bone. You need to rest and ice and take great care which sometimes means wrapping them when you run like I am in order to make sure that they get better or feel okay when you run instead of getting worse and worse. Shin splints may be caused by your shoes which in my case isn't because I just got new ones over spring break. They may also be caused by pressure and form. If you are a distance runner this may also be an issue when it comes to track because it wasn't made with you in mind. There is nothing really on a track that makes distance feel good unlike it does for sprints. We did sprints on a track and I felt so good doing them but I knew that distance was right for me.
      Lifting also goes hand and hand with the running that we have been doing because in order to glide you need to be strong in both your arms and your legs. Today in practice we found what weight was our max weight in things for a good workout and to keep us safe and make things go faster. It was awesome because once we were done we could leave. I got out of practice an hour earlier than I had planned which means that I can write this awesome post or what I find to be awesome post anyways for you ladies. I am so excited for our first meet of the season. With the way that training has been going I think that our team is well on its way to an amazing and memorable season with a lot of records. I can't wait to show people what I can do and what Lisbon does as a team. No we may not be that nice to people but we can sure run and play sports. We make people do double takes that we are middle schoolers, at least that is what last year's people said.
       I'm just worried that I won't be able to keep the speed with my shin splints or that I will get hurt or something will happen to me while I am running and representing Lisbon. It would be really embarrassing I think to get hurt in a meet in front of everyone from all over but you know what it will be different and something to remember. I may or may not do track next year we will see how this season and cross country goes to find things out for next year. I may just do basketball and have this season as my season off instead because my grandma is right I am an amazing basketball player that the world needs to see play. I am working on getting better and better too and I would hate that to go to waste if I am never going to do anything with basketball.
       I am also wanting to be ready and safe for cross country instead of coming off injury after injury with really no down time. Not that I have been injured that many times so far aside from shin splints but yeah you get what I mean. Everyone needs an off season sometime to allow their body to recover and heal before going on to the next thing. I pushed too hard in the winter time which was my off season to get me here and that could be another cause for shin splints that I have. Anyways yeah just thought that I would let you know what is going on in my life today. I've got to get ready for youth group now.