The return of shin splints

I missed three runs this week and cut this one down due to shin splints in my right leg.  I'm not sure why they all of a sudden popped up, but I'm not too thrilled about it here 17 days before my next race.

I'll pick up training, including the forecast paces, but I'm thinking I might change my race pace to 9:20 or maybe 9:15.  Those will get me very close to two hours for my half marathon, and I can hopefully have a shot at breaking the two hour mark.  I plan on running another half in California on the Avenue of the Giants, so I may have to wait until then to finally reach that goal.

Saturday:

Schedule

12 @ 10:02