u/Connection-L

Hello!

I am a weightlifter who recently turned to running. I am a very injury prone guy unfortunately and have had many injuries during my weightlifting years.

I have been running for about 2 weeks and ran my first 5k today. I came in at 28:34 seconds which I’m happy about.

However, my feet and legs are killing me. It’s not the cardio that is holding me back but rather my joints. I am very worried about getting an injury. I do not run in good shoes, I wanted to wait to buy good ones until I have proved to myself that I will stick to running as they are rather expensive. The shoes I run in are some Nike sneakers that I’ve worn for 4 years.

I am not sure if it is a running form issue or the shoes or a combination of both. It hurts both in the feet and the front of the calves, like on the anterior side of the bone there. It also hurts tons if I were to run on treadmills which I avoid. Always same place, front side of the bone where the calves are.

Any tips?

So for the last 3-4 weeks I’ve been getting red dots on my stomach. They don’t itch like mosquito bites do. All of them have been in close proximity to eachother. Like a cluster of 2 here and there across my stomach and waist. Whatever it is don’t bite me anywhere else and that area is under a blanket during the night.

My partner has not gotten any bites however. I have looked under the bed and under the mattress. I have looked on the headboard but the design doesn’t allow me to look inside it, the zipper doesn’t open that far. I have checked like 90% of the whole bed I’d say and found nothing. Checked nearby areas too and found nothing. Been using only white sheets last 2 weeks to see if I can find poop or anything else but still nothing.

Think I’m going mad about this. We do have carpet beetles unfortunately. But they do not bite so it’s not them.