Bret

PM - lunchtime run - did what is described by John Parker Jr. from Running Times as a "medicinal" run to rehab from the calf strain.  Walk/jog routine for 4 miles.  Evidently there is some kind of sheath that constricts the area of the micro tears that requires a theraputic approach to expanding it to avoid compartment issues.  Whatever.  It seems to work quite well.  I would run for a short bit - 100 to a few hundred yards - would begin to feel some tightness in the calf, and so I would stop and walk a little bit and then repeat.  When I would start to run again, there'd be no tightness initially and then when it would start to resurface, I'd walk again. Got into a pretty good rhythm and ran a little further at times - up to about 600 or 700 yards.  Finished feeling no real issues with the calf.  Stretched out with the foam roller and did some strength work.  Will do this until things feel normal again.  According to the article, I may be up and running normally in a few days. In the meantime, I continue to supplement with cross training.

PM - after work did 1500 yards of swimming with Riley.  Tough to get into the outdoor pool when it is cold outside - (but the water is 79 degrees).  The kick drills have to be helping my quads - really brutal.