Shin Splints

I really want to get out there and do a LSD run today, but I'm concerned about my shins. I'm wondering if it is indeed my shoes, because I did my first LSD of 50 minutes with them last week and bam here we are. I can't remember if they were bugging me before or after the trail run. Grrr....I should have just gone out and gotten the exact same shoes I've been wearing. If I do nothing today, I'm just going to be incredibly restless and feel like a lazy ass. Hmmm maybe I should just do weights. I am riding later on tonight, which I haven't gotten to do in like three weeks. Horseback riding is not exactly an intense cardio workout, but whatcha gonna do. Decisions, decisions...I realize this is not exactly life or death....but I'm already itchin to run and its not even 7:30. I'd bike, but I wanted to do a long ride tomorrow. And I'm not really in the mood for a repeat of last week. This is starting to sound a bit like a whine fest. Guess I'll just run and see how I feel. I could also do it on the treadmill, that way if its really painful I can just hop off. I need to curb this sweet tooth. I've been wanting to get back to clean eating and I just can't seem to lay off the beer and sugar. My abs looks pretty good, but I want to see if I can take this a step further. Not that I want a six pack, but some more defintion would be nice.