jmad

I recently finished my summer job and wanted to start running much more often (5-7 times a week) now that I have time to kill before school starts and would like to drop a little excess fat. I usually run for about 5 miles once or twice a week, and don't really have problems with shin splints. Back when I ran high school cross country, I saw a foot doctor and he gave me some burly inserts for my shoes that really helped a lot.

My problem is that the last time I started running more than two days in a row, I would get shin splints without fail, and not be able to run for a few days. I've put on about 5 or 10 lbs. since then, mostly muscle, so the extra weight can't help.

I was wondering if anyone else has had issues with shin splints, and if they know of any exercises or methods to get rid of or reduce the pain.