I joined a triathlon training team three weeks ago and I’m following a detailed training plan now. The routing has been very different from what I’m used to. I miss my daily runs now that mileage has come down significantly, to make room for gym work, swimming and a lot of biking. Still, the goal right now is the Chicago marathon which is 5 weeks away, and running mileage is supposed to increase in the following weeks. I was a little worried for the lack of mileage, so I just went ahead and did a 20 miler last week, completely violating the training plan. It felt great. The thing is that a few days later I’m starting to have a few pain stitches on my left leg, reminding me of those old shin splints days. The reasonable thing would be of course to just pace things down a little. But my tri teammates convinced me to do this weekend’s Medellin half-marathon, for which I hold dear memories, as it’s where all started for me, and it’s such a well organized and challenging race. Also I gotta make up for that bittersweet feeling I still have from the last Half. So looking to do at least 1:50, and not breaking my leg in the process.