Then I went and took x-rays.
Tomorrow I will be having an MRI.
The doc, an orthopedic specialist, seemed to think that it was most likely a shin splint, but wanted to rule out a stress fracture. In his estimation, if I try Leadville with a shin splint, I will only "put back my recovery and the state of the injury a LONG WAYS" but if I try it with a stress fracture I could "suffer a serious tibia fracture and you don't want that." I guess at this point my face seemed to say "enh, doesn't sound too bad" so he repeated for emphasis "YOU DON'T WANT THAT."
What was especially funny was that his wife is doing Leadville for the second time. So I guess, as he stated, he could relate to my craziness.
So here's to a nice, normal shin splint that is mostly healed by the time next Saturday rolls around.
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