Today was the day of the race and it sucked. It sucked because I didn't beat my time and its not because I cramped up. I felt great going into the race and I ran the first mile straight through. But a little after that mile I started having shin splints. Wow it hurt so bad. I was able to finish the race but with a bad bad time. I am going to ask my mentor how I can prevent shin splints and hopefully he knows something that can help me.