Saturday, February 12, 2011

week 12

I decided to shorten my run today from 12 to 8 miles (for just 20 total for the week) to give myself a break from building up. I did start a bit late waiting for plans. Anyway, the run was going really well and I was booking along easily at just about 6 mph. At about 2 miles from home I increased just a bit to about 6.2 mph. Exactly .75 from the end of my run (and home), I got a sharp pain at the bottom of my left calf. I tried walking, thinking it was just a knot, but knew right away it was not a normal ache and pain. Ended up calling Bethany to come pick me up.
It looks like I have a calf tear.
This is a complete first for me - my calves don't even ever hurt after running - very weird. The only different thing is that I wore my Adidas Marathon 10's on the street for the first time, but I have put over 50 miles on the treadmill with them and haven't had any issues.
This is a complete bummer - it's been over 7 hours now and I can't really go up or down stairs or walk. I think I'll be joining the Y tomorrow and start swimming - since I spent $50 on a new bathing suit a week ago.
Ran a total of 19.25 miles this week.

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