Had it not been for Ben Gray’s swift turnaround, this website would not have been up Wednesday, and I would have missed my run. Ben produced the design (it’s called unsleepable), and does great work over at www.openswitch.org.

Ben likes running, but suffers from shinsplints.

He’s not alone. So many people are forced to give up running, which they enjoy, because of various overuse injuries such as shinsplints. I hope I won’t be one of them. Tim Noakes in the Lore of Running reports that shinsplints is a bit of a catch-all term, but it generally results from too aggressive an increase in training load. Studies have shown that army recruits suffered significant levels of such stress fractures, but that those that played ball sports suffered much less. Basketball seems to be particularly good for building up bone strength. A diet low in calcium is often to blame. Noakes says with the correct training load, strengthening and dietary adjustments it is completely curable.

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