Nice times.  I am a tad slower.  I did my long run, 16 miles, in 3:36, although I hope to speed things up on Saturday.

On the fourth lap, we all need to wait for each other at the creek crossing and have a little party.  We will have just passed the all important 26.2 miles.  
 
On second thought, I might just stay in the creek.  
 

I also want to add that I've noticed that one guy from Libertyville consistently does very well in the local ultras. I think this has to be a good sign...I grew up in Libertyville!

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and in spite of that you still seem OK..........

Thoroughbred_Filly,
 
In my early 20's I used to get shin splints pretty regularly.  My solution was to quit running for a few weeks/months.  They have been dormant for 10 or so years, so I assumed they were gone for good, then this spring they came back with a vengeance.  Rather than being sedentary I decided to get to the bottom of it.  A gentleman at Running Central (Peoria's running store) gave me the solution.  If you put your thumbs together and run them down the inside of your tibia (where your inside leg bone meets your calf muscle) you'll probably feel several bumps.  The bumps are where deposits have built up.  When you run, the deposits "catch" instead of slide, which causes the pain in your shins.  I was told to spend 5 minutes per leg each night breaking up the adhesions with my thumbs.  He told me to do it as forcefully as I could stand.  It did hurt at first, but after a couple of days it got better and the bumps got smaller.  After breaking up the bumps you are supposed to ice for 10 minutes.  He also recommended doing the wall shin raises that were in the article that Ollie posted, which prevent the adhesions from building up in the first place.  
 
I hope that made sense.  I am by no means a doctor, but after four days my shin splints were completely gone so it worked for me.  Please ask if you have any questins.
 
See you at Farmdale!    
 

Paul, thank you, that makes a lot of sense. I have a rubber ball that I roll over the sore spots but I am only guessing at where they are. Running my thumb up and down the tibia would pinpoint things. Maybe if I use biofreeze or Ben Gay as "massage oil" it will feel better, too.