Forgive my ignorance of the biomechanics and medical terms.
I tried to do a little research, but really only came up
with the name of the muscle which i think is bothering me.
Here's the story,
I run on a treadmill at my gym during lunch, mainly to lose
weight for summer. I only get about 30 min. of quality time
on the treadmill, so rather than increase distance so much,
i increase pace. I'm up to about 3.5mi. at 7mi/hr.,
sometimes 5mi. on the weekend at a slightly slower pace.
Nothing comapred to most here, but good for me. Well, i've
been at this for probably a month now. I feel like i'm
getting failry well conditioned. Little injuries have come
and gone and i'm running relatively pain-free while
continuing to up the pace and distance somewhat. Today, out
of nowhere (and after a 2-day rest), my posterior tibialis
(i think - "shin muscle" is how i would describe
it) started burning just over a mile in, both legs. This
used to happen a lot when i would run after work, when i
was not time limited. I would try to increase distance
as fast as possible. I took a break, then ran through it
for the rest of the run. I noticed that while the pain
eventually subsided, it seemed the muscles were very
tight, not allowing my feet to pronate. Thus, it seemed
like like i was hitting the surface flat-footed. I could
feel blisters coming on, something i had big problems in
the early says. I've talked to others, and this seems to
be a fairly common problem in novice runners. Do i need
to do a warm-up mile? More stretching? Any advice
appreciated.
Thanks, -JZ