Feeling strong. The endurance/fitness is there, (cross training is working), the speed is coming, I’m mentally in a good place too, but my stupid calf is holding me back. It’s not getting worse but it’s not getting better either. All I want to do is run like everyone else seems to.
I’d like to try a long run next week, I think the calf should be fine as long as I keep it slow.
Can’t get an appointment until 25th March for a treatment. Calf does a weird twitching thing for a few minutes after a run.
Love the feedback in terms of the fitness, but equally I appreciate the frustration with the calf, especially as someone that is being help back myself by a current injury. I appreciate the two are different and can’t be compared but just wanted to express I do understand how it feels not to be able to run the pace you want to. I’ve put 90 mins in next Sunday. Ideally we stick to that as we don’t want to damage the calf before Lydd. I think if you can get 90 mins in next week and the calf makes some progress, you should be good for 2 weeks time. I’ve had some calf spasms in the past after a particular tough run, the leg is still but the muscle twitches, it’s quite concerning, but probably shouldn’t be happening for these shorter runs. Another excellent week of training banked though.
Coach Simon 🍊
