My shin and my Dad

Well, so I couldn't stand prosperity, so today I ran 6 miles with 5 miles at my half-marathon pace. Comparing 3 different pace calculators, my 53:08 10K corresponds to a Run Less: 1:57:25, McMillan 1:58:14 or Daniels 1:58:34. Since I'm going to consider myself as following the Daniels plan of late, I'm shooting for the 1:58:34 or a 9:03 pace on Sunday. Today's treadmill run, I did 1 mile warmup and 5 miles at 8:49 pace. (I know that's faster than 9:03, but okay, I said I couldn't stand prosperity).

I was just going to run easy, but I just HAD to know what this shin is going to feel like on Sunday. Yikes. Here's where it hurts below. I thought at first it was shin splints, but I'm thinking it's somewhere around where the calf muscle meets the achilles toward the back of my leg. A few weeks ago I had some twinges in my calf while running, but they passed on and my achilles was a little sore. So, I'm taking the next 4 days off. And yea, those are my shiny new Kayano's from Santa (and my "man hands").

Now, onto my Dad. So, I sent him an email with the link to my new blog and he responded with this.....

"I read your blog it wasn't that bad Love Dad" Which absolutely cracked me up and made me feel better about my stupid shin/calf.