The Advice Givers

Sigh, Pet Peeve alert.

Today I went for a glorious sunny day run.  It was 12C here in BC this afternoon at 4pm.  On a WINTER day. In my inspire CROPS and TANK and a light vest, no hat, sunglasses, and music, I just busted a quick 5km out.  Yup quick for me, eve though I walked maybe 7 times.

Why oh why did ,I walk?  6min/km pace and I was walking!! geez...

SHIN SPLINTS, THE DEVILS.

oh well, so it was over, I got home, I synced my watch, I posted on FB, "good run even though I had shin splints" or something like that.  And then the advice givers kick in.

"Don't run, walk, save your knees"... um ok first of all shin splints are NOT your knees, but thank you, and for that piece of advice you get the 'running is great for you and perfectly fine for your knees. My knees are great because I make sure to practice good form' yada yada response.

Next up : "You need new shoes" ... nope, don't need new shoes but thanks! Where have you been the last 8 months of me posting almost every day about my running, my NEW shoes (frequent) my sunny day, my cloudy day, my rainy day shoes.... In case you haven't noticed I actually count my km on my shoes.  They are fitted for my feet and I use orthotics.  Not that I expect people to remember that BUT, come on, its not my shoes.  You get the 'its not my shoes but thank you, it is just simply me not taking the time to properly recover my legs' smiley face, reply.

And then, what is this? ANOTHER "new shoes, you know they look new but they don't actually last that long" piece of advice.. hmm yes this is true, I fully admit it.  However, see answer above. ;)  This one got a 'I count the km on my shoes, its not my shoes its me' response.... smiley face? maybe.  Hmm maybe my bitchy side is coming out.

My sad life.  Sitting here on facebook, watching donut showdown on tv, donuts which I would never be able to eat, getting bitchy over people simply offering advice. .... yes I should go to bed. smiley face? ;)

On a plus side for my poor shins, they are going to play in the snow for the next 2 days!  No running until Monday or Tuesday unless I sneak into the lodge workout room for a quick few km on a treadmill..... And I also see there is a run around Lightning Lakes in Sept.. I wonder if I could be up to a 27km race... the ultra, no way, the 13 maybe? We will see, but it sounds fun, and a great way to get some km on my NEW Salomon XA Ultra 3D GTX!