My left calf had been hurting a bit after every run, but being the idiot that I am, I just decided that it was because it had never before been used! SO I just needed to run through it, right?
Wrong!
I thought that I'd go with the boys after school in the afternoon (I have the boys from across the street on Thursday and Friday afternoon - and of course my own boy, Will) for a run around the block. I was actually hoping to get around twice without stopping. But after the first 50 feet or so my calf hurt - a lot. I made it around once - but then had to go inside from the pain. And besides - it was freezing and the wind was hurting my ears!
After surfing around for a bit (you DO know that Google is your friend don't you?!) I have decided to stop running at all for this next week. I have my first 5k booked on April 20th and so I want to make sure that I am better for that. And that I can continue to train!
This is what else I am doing to help -
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| The ice pack in the towel for my calf. |
I had been icing my calf after my runs for about a week and that had definitely been helping, but I was in so much pain after Friday that I decided it's just not worth it.
So I decided to do this instead...
This has been a clothes hanger in our bedroom for years. But now it has come into it's own! I moved it in front of the TV and now I can catch up on Downton Abbey (and am in mourning a little right now!) But it is the perfect thing for my calf as it doesn't put any stress on it at all.
I am finding it hard to know how to add this to my ActiveLink though. This morning I added it as "bicycling - high intensity". I'm a little concerned how this will impact my weight this week - I really, really want to get to my 10% LOSS......
Hugs
Meg
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