13-05-2010, 03:48 PM
Hi TheEd - hope you are well and having a good week.
I have had a setback yesterday - a small calf strain, picked up on an easy run. :mad: Despite regular calf raises, I am a little vulnerable to these and pick one up evry now and then.
The good news is that I am seeing our excellant club phsio tommorrow for ultrasound etc... The strain seems mild and I usually heal very fast from these.
My plan is to use the eliptical cross trainer (XT) in the gym for all sessions until healed. This is my normal fall back and causes no problem to the calf as there is no impact. I will do the 15k I have not run today tomorrow on XT. I will use HR monitor to get a "easy" aerobic intensity. Perhaps doing 60 to 90 min "aerobic" XT daily would maintain fitness?
I think I will not be running until Tuesday at earliest - I will know more after tomorrows physio session. I am a little sad this has happened so near to the 21k - but I still feel positive and at least I can XT for now. I hope I can still race, but if not there is always another event to run somewhere soon after
I have had a setback yesterday - a small calf strain, picked up on an easy run. :mad: Despite regular calf raises, I am a little vulnerable to these and pick one up evry now and then.
The good news is that I am seeing our excellant club phsio tommorrow for ultrasound etc... The strain seems mild and I usually heal very fast from these.
My plan is to use the eliptical cross trainer (XT) in the gym for all sessions until healed. This is my normal fall back and causes no problem to the calf as there is no impact. I will do the 15k I have not run today tomorrow on XT. I will use HR monitor to get a "easy" aerobic intensity. Perhaps doing 60 to 90 min "aerobic" XT daily would maintain fitness?
I think I will not be running until Tuesday at earliest - I will know more after tomorrows physio session. I am a little sad this has happened so near to the 21k - but I still feel positive and at least I can XT for now. I hope I can still race, but if not there is always another event to run somewhere soon after