Hey folks...
So, wondering if I'm normal, doing something wrong, or need some kind of medical intervention. I did a Half Marathon on Sunday (Mississauga, 1:48:07, which for me is an improvement over last year of 12 minutes!). Around the 12th k, my calves started to feel VERY tight. I did all the standard static stretches at the finish, holding for 30sec-1min. That evening, could barely walk. Yeseterday was better, and today, I went for a short 5k recovery run. I could do the run, wasn't too bad, but was an effort to keep legs moving in right direction.
I'm planning to run a Marathon @ end of season, and wondering whether this calves thing is just a training gap, and I just have to keep piling on training at the longer distances to get around it. I was training up to HM distance for last week's race for the past few months.
Thoughts? Thanks :)
Ian
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2008- Ironman USA Lake Placid
So, wondering if I'm normal, doing something wrong, or need some kind of medical intervention. I did a Half Marathon on Sunday (Mississauga, 1:48:07, which for me is an improvement over last year of 12 minutes!). Around the 12th k, my calves started to feel VERY tight. I did all the standard static stretches at the finish, holding for 30sec-1min. That evening, could barely walk. Yeseterday was better, and today, I went for a short 5k recovery run. I could do the run, wasn't too bad, but was an effort to keep legs moving in right direction.
I'm planning to run a Marathon @ end of season, and wondering whether this calves thing is just a training gap, and I just have to keep piling on training at the longer distances to get around it. I was training up to HM distance for last week's race for the past few months.
Thoughts? Thanks :)
Ian
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2008- Ironman USA Lake Placid