Well well, whatever I did to my calves, I did it good, they are like steel rods from heel to the back of my knee. The left one is particularly bad, and it makes me limp. Part of me says I should have DNF'd because I just damaged them more, and part of me knows I couldn't have lived with myself over that, and that the damage was probably already done. I had very tight calves like this once a few years ago over some new shoes, and ended up with bilatarel posterior tibial stress fractures. So, the moral of the story is, no running until they are completely 100% healed. Nothing but gentle massage and stretching, and some core work later this week. I think my plan is no running until the November 1, although I will get into a gym and do something. This should be ample time for my calves to heal all the muscle damage(I do think it is completely muscular). And as me and Julie C discussed, no serious training until we have finished out the year--we are going to enjoy our holidays, run when without watches and for health reasons, and then train for Boston as January descends upon us, refreshed and ready to roar.
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