I raised my weekly mileage by 30% in September just to catch up on the fitness I’d lost: six weeks later, I understood what had been building in my shin since week one
A runner’s ambitious September comeback plan resulted in a stress fracture six weeks later. What started as a dull shin ache escalated into a fingernail-sized fracture line—but the warning signs were there all along, misread as normal post-break soreness.