Good luck with your test. Took my third tries. By the third attempt I was used to the drill and went in assuming I'd fail again but it took the nerves away and passed (in truth I think I'd finally got some road sense) .
A mixed bag but manageable. Think I'm in the middle of an attack of sciatica right now but got a mercifully quick NHS physio appointment next week so we'll see. Best wishes all.
It was fine, honestly nothing really happening to shout about!
I've been on and off with running since Feb as I keep getting shin splints which is really annoying. I'll take a break for a couple of weeks, start again, and by my 3rd run my shins and calves hurt again. I'm convinced it's to do with a new pair of running shoes I started using in January, but I need to book a physio appointment to get some proper advice. I'm dreading them saying that I'll need to take months off to recover.
Hey, I'm not a physio but I managed to get back into running after suffering bad shin splints on multiple attempts with a few basic home exercises and a small, mostly temporary, change to my running form. I don't think this was the exact article, but most of the exercises I was doing match the ones in this article. I did a whole bunch after every run, before I had cooked down fully.
And while running, I tried to run with a higher cadence than normal. My normal cadence is probably somewhere around the high 160s, but I did my best to keep it well over 170. I think I probably slipped back down to my normal cadence as the run went on, but at least having it in mind as much as possible, especially at the start of any run as I was warming up, helped reduce the impact force through the legs. At least, that's why I think it helped.
Some new big cushioned shoes (I started using Asics Novablast around this time for training) also may have helped, but I don't think the timeline quite matches there. I can't remember for sure.
I've heard it's worth getting running shoes that are properly fitted at a dedicated running shop but I've not tried it myself. Feel pretty fortunate that it doesn't seem to be too hard on my legs at least!