posted Dec-09-2007 07:49 PM            

I'd just finished my long run on Friday (5 miles) when I noticed it during my cool down walk. I had a race last weekend, and picked up with my normal easy running again on Monday. I did also add a day on Thursday, but kept it short (only 1.67 miles). Even so, I'm afraid this happened because I pushed too much this week.

A couple of hours after my run, my calf felt really tight, but as the day went on it eased up. Now it feels fine when walking.

Is anyone familiar with an injury like this? I plan on taking next week off of running, replacing it with easy walking as long as the pain when walking remains gone. I'll ease back into running more conservatively after that than I did post-race.

I appreciate any advice. Thanks.

Brandon

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posted Dec-09-2007 08:06 PM            

If the pain goes away when you stop running but the site still feels tender when touched, then it is likely not an overuse injury yet.

Your treatment plan should work. In my case, when I was just starting back with running again, I just dealt with it because I knew from past experience that as long as I don't go faster than x I'd be ok. For me, after running about 3.5 miles non-stop, the pain would just go away.

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posted Dec-10-2007 07:45 PM            

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posted Dec-10-2007 08:01 PM            

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Originally posted by BrandonE:
I'm new to running (~5 months), and I've never had any injuries before, but Friday, my calf felt very tight after my run. The pain is about a hands breadth above my achilles tendon on the back of my calf, below the main calf muscle but above the ankle. Feeling around the area leads me to believe it's inflammation of some tendon, but that's just my uninformed opinion.

I'd just finished my long run on Friday (5 miles) when I noticed it during my cool down walk. I had a race last weekend, and picked up with my normal easy running again on Monday. I did also add a day on Thursday, but kept it short (only 1.67 miles). Even so, I'm afraid this happened because I pushed too much this week.

A couple of hours after my run, my calf felt really tight, but as the day went on it eased up. Now it feels fine when walking.

Is anyone familiar with an injury like this? I plan on taking next week off of running, replacing it with easy walking as long as the pain when walking remains gone. I'll ease back into running more conservatively after that than I did post-race.

I appreciate any advice. Thanks.

Brandon

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Its your soleus muscle.

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posted Dec-10-2007 08:31 PM            

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