Eric, I'm still hanging in there and no major problems. Week 12, 13, and 14 has been tough in terms of mental toughness and really feeling exhausted. It feels like my body is being weighted down, but I know this is just to prepare the body to be able to deal with the last 30 miles of the race. Actually, looking at the plan, I've broken everything down and realized I only have 3 more tough weekends. There's a 35 miler this weekend, then a 50, then a 20 miler followed by a 30 miler. Once I can get through these, then I feel I'll be on easy street. I've only missed 4 days in the training plan, and they were just a short one.I did miss the scheduled 45 minute recovery run that I had today because my right shin started bothering me on Friday during the 20 miler. I ran another 20 on Saturday and it still bothered me all day Saturday, and didn't get much better on Sunday. I woke up this morning and still had some slight pain. I'm not real sure what it is. I know the last 3 weeks have been a lot of miles with little recovery and maybe my body is just revolting? Now, the pain is pretty minimal. I'm not walking with any limp or anything. Right now, it's just something that I can feel, but certainly not anything preventing me from running at all. I just want to be cautious and I'm too far into this to get any major injuries. I've actually been completely injury free since March and I really thought I'd get through this with no problem. I'm not sure if this is shin splints or what. Is there anything you can recommend? I hate missing any of the runs, but in an attempt to stay healthy for the long runs coming up, I figured it was ok to skip today.Any help you could provide would be great.
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