You are a Cross country runner who suffers from Shin Splints and everybody from your trainer to your coach to your parents tells you to stretch. But the question a lot of cross country runners ask is how do we stretch???? Nobody ever takes the time to show you, so here are some of videos of some of the best stretches I have seen for cross country runners with shin splints:
By the way those foam rollers are inexpensive and readily available on Amazon.