Or anyone else who knows stuff that might help me.
I'm training for the Ogden marathon in just over a month, and I think I've pulled something in my calf. I'd love any advice/suggestions I could get to help me recover and just get into the race. I used to have a basic time goal, now I just want to run it and finish.
Back on 3/27 I was going 16 miles for my weekly long run and got what felt like a sudden cramp in my left calf right around mile 15. I stopped and stretched it for a couple of minutes, rubbed it out a little, and then hobbled home.
I iced it that day - and it was pretty sore. Still sore on Monday - more ice. Tuesday morning (3/30) I woke up feeling fine so I tried running - same thing happened but at mile 3 this time. Since it hung around I decided it must be more of a pull than a cramp and didn't do any running for a full week. More ice and rest - by Thursday it was feeling fine.
I waited until Tueday to run again - and again about mile 3 I feel a twinge. I stopped immediately, so it didn't hurt nearly as much as it did the other times. It is still a little sore today, but feels like with some more ice, etc, it will be feeling good by tomorrow.
So now I'm a little nervous about running on it - yet I want to be ready for this marathon in just over 5 weeks.
What do I need to do? If I'm off it for two weeks, that doesn't leave much time for building up to a 20 mile run and then cutting back my workouts.
Anything I can do for cardio in the mean time to not lose it all? Like is swimming enough to give me some maintenance?
Crap - I can't tell you how disappointing this is. Everything has been going so well and I've been very excited for this race. Reading everything I can about prep, etc. I don't know that I can accept that I am just out of it now.
I'm training for the Ogden marathon in just over a month, and I think I've pulled something in my calf. I'd love any advice/suggestions I could get to help me recover and just get into the race. I used to have a basic time goal, now I just want to run it and finish.
Back on 3/27 I was going 16 miles for my weekly long run and got what felt like a sudden cramp in my left calf right around mile 15. I stopped and stretched it for a couple of minutes, rubbed it out a little, and then hobbled home.
I iced it that day - and it was pretty sore. Still sore on Monday - more ice. Tuesday morning (3/30) I woke up feeling fine so I tried running - same thing happened but at mile 3 this time. Since it hung around I decided it must be more of a pull than a cramp and didn't do any running for a full week. More ice and rest - by Thursday it was feeling fine.
I waited until Tueday to run again - and again about mile 3 I feel a twinge. I stopped immediately, so it didn't hurt nearly as much as it did the other times. It is still a little sore today, but feels like with some more ice, etc, it will be feeling good by tomorrow.
So now I'm a little nervous about running on it - yet I want to be ready for this marathon in just over 5 weeks.
What do I need to do? If I'm off it for two weeks, that doesn't leave much time for building up to a 20 mile run and then cutting back my workouts.
Anything I can do for cardio in the mean time to not lose it all? Like is swimming enough to give me some maintenance?
Crap - I can't tell you how disappointing this is. Everything has been going so well and I've been very excited for this race. Reading everything I can about prep, etc. I don't know that I can accept that I am just out of it now.
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