Once a year we have the "Bay to Breakers" race famous for serious runners winning, often from Africa, and serious jokesters not knowing the meaning of "win."

I live at the bottom of the infamous "Hayes Street Hill," a gradual but relentless rise going straight up into the horizon. There are eateries and bars at the bottom of this hill. Each year, hundreds of people decide this is a fine place to stop running, so much so that the city puts up a bank of porta-potties. Some dinosaurs had a little too much to drink and were talking their way into the bathroom at Hazie's.

One of my favorite costumes from yesteryear was "the bar," a cloth nailed to a wooden plank with cocktail glasses and shakers glued to it, the runners wearing tuxes. This PG&E crew is its spiritual descendant, and the League of Their Own isn't half bad either. Whoever invented the Alien Carrying Human costume made bank; they were everywhere.
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My calf muscle straight up freaked out halfway. #baytobreakers #baytobreakers2023

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Congratulations to all the runners and walkers who made it up Hayes Hill! An hour later and it’s still packed out here!
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Def feeling the DOMS today, but not the shin pain, which is a good sign that I can, in fact, get sufficient training volume to do *something* even without hoppin' around.

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2 days later pain has completely resolved but I'm still gonna take it easy

When I go out later today my plan is 20+ minutes and see how high I can get my heart rate just with continuous walking

Now that I know how *little* work I can do and still get cardio improvements running is actually... fun???

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Continuing to experience *very* mild shin pain whenever I actually run. No other time -- at rest, fast walking, lifting, etc. I'm all fine.

And -- dang it -- when I press on the bone, too.

Likely enough that it's a micro-fracture that I need to take it easy on the impact for at least 2 weeks.

Irritating. But at least my cardio conditioning is limited enough that I can hit Zone 2 with fast walking...

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