sore shin muscle and mainly sore calves

bump anyone try this, or just opt to buy new shoes. Or can i work on my calves extra, and prevent any injury from occuring

Try the strait across laising method. Lydiard talks about it in his books and shows exactly how to do it. It reduces tension on your tendons on the top of your foot and the junction between your shin and foot. This lets your shin muscle (called the tibialis anterior) to function with less impediment. Heres a link

http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lacingmethods.htm

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which one xavlty on that liknk, how far down the list is it becuase i see two that say straight lacing.

exactyl how far down, should i try putting in an insert on top to make it a light bit cushony, or will this just mess up my foot.

I don't know if your feet will get stronger but your legs should feel really fresh after you have to take about 8 weeks off with stress fractures in your lower legs.

do i need new shoes? wrote:

i have had the asics 2110 for about almost all of xc season and summer training too. I feel my calves get sore and shin muscle is like popping out. should i get new shoes or can i hold them off for about another 2-3weeks, until the season is over. Will running in these make my foot stronger? Just as a \\\\\\\"minimalist\\\\\\\" because my shoes have almost not more cushioning and have a low heel. Could i pass this off for another 2 weeks if I ice my shins and calves every day

The only thing worn on your shoes is likely the medial post, they'll wear out well before any other part of the shoe and you certainly wont get any/much "minimalist" effect out of running with your shoes are they are now (not that I'm claiming that you want that)

The straight facts are likely that you trained too much and your body didn't adapt quick enough. if you say that you trained the same then your fellow teammates that, say, "didn't run all summer".. then sorry dude, you weren't born a runner, they were.