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  • silent_water [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    don't run every day without carefully building up to it. start at 3 days a week until you can consistently run a 10k 3x/week then slowly add extra days a week - maybe 1 per month (or 1 per quarter now that you've already started developing shin splints) until you're running daily. the extra days should be very easy, slow, short runs - 5k max if you're running 10k on 3 harder workout days.

    I strongly recommend following a program and not trying to make this up yourself. this has nothing to do with your body being frail - you're asking too much of your joints and ligaments without giving them a chance to build themselves up to the workload you're putting on them.

    see:

    • https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wzPab2BlX4N_2vEJMdVu_alagE6pIlAt/view?usp=sharing
    • https://old.reddit.com/r/running/wiki/faq#wiki_for_beginners
    • Zo1db3rg [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      This. Seriously the body takes time to heal. Especially when you aren't used to need to heal that quickly. Exercising a building muscle literally injured you. Muscles grow by being torn and growing back more fibres. It can take a long time to get the body to a point where it can deal with that amount of physical activity. Honestly I would always have at least one rest day.