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How to avoid Shin Splints.
I want to do cross country running. I've looked up info online. I never took Cross Country in highschool. I have no real knowledge about how to do it without hurting myself. I've been walking a minimum of 3 miles a day as fast as I can do it without breaking into a run. So I started running for possible 1 to 1 1/2 miles. Within 3 days I started getting painful shin splints. I have the most comfortable shoes I can find with my Dr's recommended arch supports. I've been doing this route daily for at least a month. It's mostly level ground with a few very gradual small hills. It's paved about 3/4's of the way with blacktop. I have the option of running on gravel otherwise but it's pretty packed down and doesn't seem to have any more give than the blacktop. For about 1/4 of the route I have a dock/boardwalk that I walk. I started running only on that section and either because it's a short enough distance or because of what I'm running ON, I haven't had problems yet.
Any ideas, suggestions, tips, warnings, or how-to's to a complete amatuer cross country runner? and most of all, How do I stop getting the shin splints?
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