Running and Triathlon

[Determinator]

Thanks for the interest Ed. I am gutted as my left calf didn't feel right during the last quarter of Day 1 on Tuesday 21st June. Having torn both calves in the past few years I knew that this was a warning. I tried an easy run later during that week on the treadmill but had to stop after 15mins as the sharp pain was intensifying. I saw a Physio last week who said that the outside of my calf where the pain seemed to be was a bit lumpy and I may have a microtear. I have not ran since but got in four different bike rides and a swim last week.

Previous to the injury, after the 10k race on the 17th June I had only done three 30min recovery runs. However, the race was undulating and I didn't get a very good stretch in immediately afterwards. Furthermore, I probably forgot about rolling my calves on my foam roller for a few days.

I now have to:
- continue to bike, run, roll and stretch my calves
- power walk for up to 5 or 6k when I no longer feel any pain from normal walking
- alternate jogging for 1min with power walking for 2mins having completed the above with no pain
- increase my jogging distance and pace over a period of time

Luckily the pain is nothing like when I tore both calves really badly. I have the 10mile race at the end of the month but that is unlikely to happen for me!
D