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It has been one week since my last run due to my shin injury. It seems the tendons running from my foot to my leg have become inflamed. The sheath around the tendon is what is most likely causing the pain which is known as tenosynovitis.

It looks as if my 2010 outdoor track debut has been postponed. I was scheduled to race on Friday at Stanford in the 10 000m but my tibialis anterior is telling me ‘no’.

For the past three months I’ve been doing one tempo session, one fartlek (or track), one light speed session, two mileage days, one easy day and a long run each week (12 runs/week).

Yesterday I did a key 10 000m workout on the track. Chris and Dave shovelled two lanes of the track on Wednesday to clear enough space for an early season session.

Don’t judge a workout by it’s cover (ie. the first lap).

The McGill 3000m was the definition of a ‘rust-buster’. In the past two years it was my first indoor race, first race track race under 10km, and first race in spikes.

“HEY BUD! DO YOU BREATHE IN THROUGH YOUR MOUTH OR YOUR NOSE?”

Once the snow covers the trails runners are forced to hit the roads. Even though roads are built for cars 99% of drivers have the good sense to move their steering wheel one inch to make room for a runner because they know there is plenty of room.

I put off writing a blog for a few days in hopes of delivering better news about my running. Thankfully the last few days have gone well and I’m back on track, (pun intended).

Happy 2010! I celebrated New Year’s at the Moulton Distance Project once again with much of the Speed River team.

The first week back doing workouts and drills always leaves me feeling pretty sore, that’s where I am right now.

Now I know what people mean when they say you’ll KNOW if you get H1N1