Sigh...i have such an issue with my calfs...always knotting up from sprints of speed work or a few summers back from sprinting in soccer. No matter how much i stretch them they knot up like crazy. It seems that my inner calf muscle which is next to impossible to stretch tightens up really badly. This time all the way down to my ankle...the muscle runs down the inside of your calf down through.
My ankle started to hurt last Thursday after Kendra and i did a crazy endurance weight/running workout but i ignored it as it just felt like muscle tightness and i was able to run through it. Long 16k on Sat proved to be a tiny painful. Tuesday speed work this week it was very stiff and quite painful after getting off the treadmill. THEN last night wow did it ever hurt. Kendra and i ran at a decent 5:05 ish average pace for the first 5k and then i slowed down b/c of my ankle i made it 2 more k and then had to stop...Kendra was ahead a fair amount and i couldn't let her know. But she came back to my rescue and walked the last 2 k with me. We didn't end up completing our 10k tempo and just did 9k all together.
Let me tell you it was very frustrating and discouraging. It's my right ankle which has been sprained a number of times so you could say it's my "bad" ankle. I got our friend Garett, a massage therapist to feel it and he says it's just a tight muscle, pheuf. That's how i discovered it wasn't a hardcore injury and lucky me booked a massage appointment for tonight (last week). Perfect timing in a sense! I am booked in for a leg massage which i wanted to get because i could feel my calfs getting very tight over the last few weeks! I am thinking that through this vigorous marathon training i will have to visit my massage therapist bi weekly!
What injuries are you guys facing right now if any? All us runners and fitness buff's face them at some point or another it's the listening to you body and taking the time off needed to repair your body that is the hard part! Kendra already told me i am not allowed to run our 19k Sat:( And i will be listening to her! I don't want to ruin my chances of racing in my first marathon!
