still running

Well, last Saturday went 7 miles. Actually, I think I went a little over it. Don't really know for sure, since myself and the person I was running with at the time somehow missed the turn we were supposed to make, and after running a while past the 6 mile turn around point, we figured we had gone too far. Still doing good, I get frustrated when I have to walk, because it's not from muscle fatigue, but from stabbing pains in my shins. I call them shin splints, which everyone else would call them, except that the physical therapy doctor didn't see it that way.
Me: I got these shin splints, ice, ibuprofen and raising them, right?
Doctor: Who diagnosed it as shin splints?
Me: Me, I have had them before, cross country and track in high school.
Doctor: Probably not shin splints then.
And that was it. Thanks Doc! So, I ice, and ibuprofen, and raise them up.
Still trying to raise money, and still quite a ways away. We don't want to have to spend it ourselves, but if it comes down to it, we will, but $6200 total for the two of us is a lot.
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