[AnnaZ]

I'm quite curious about this.

I run on one of those spongy tracks at the nearby middle school (I have shin splints), and I'd think about trying it if a) it works, and b) it doesn't make me look like a dork.

(P. S. You might be able to take my Nike's, but you'll have to pry my iPod from my cold, dead hands.)

= )

[Tom D.]

If you get shin splints, change running shoes. In my running days, if I ran in New Balance shoes, my shins killed me. I switched to Adidas shoes and never had a shin splint problem with them. I don't know whether I just got lucky with Adidas or whether all of their shoes fit my feet better, but I do know that every model of New Balance I tried about killed me.

Try switching brands.