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April 12, 2005
Conservative Running Week
This will be the most conservative running/workout week I have had since November (when I was just coming back from foot surgery and a knee injury). I am running in a 5K race with my brother on Sunday. He is in middle school. It's his first race and I was the one who signed the two of us up. He has been training for over a month and my Dad, a runner, has been helping him get ready. My calf is kind of bothering me-it's my old stand-by injury, and always the same leg. I could feel it coming on this whole past week and a half but have been running through it. If memory serves me correctly it should be better after a day or two off. If I didn't have to run this weekend with my brother I would have tried to run around it somehow, but there is no way I can risk it not getting better and me not being able to run on Sunday. (My Dad is going to be away so he can't run in the race with him).
I rode my bike to school today-which felt completely fine. Then I went to the gym and tried to elliptical. The calf was okay for that, but I was going on level 3 and not trying too hard. Since I wasn't breathing hard or sweating or getting any sort of workout-b/c I was afraid to push my calf-I figured, what was the point of not resting my calf as much as I could so that I could barely move on the elliptical? So I stopped, lifted upper body, and came home.
I am off to do some homework-and take an anti-inflammatory to aid the calf healing process. Oh yes, I am also breaking in new orthotics by walking around in them. It always amazes me how much time I can spend thinking about running for someone who didn't actually run today.
Posted by Audrey at April 12, 2005 05:26 PM
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"It always amazes me how much time I can spend thinking about running for someone who didn't actually run today."
I love this. I'm totally the same way. Good luck with your calf!
Posted by: Alison at April 12, 2005 10:18 PM