Looking down at the stats for today before reading this you'd think I had a great run today. All in all, it wasn't too bad other than the pain in my left calf. I don't know what the problem is, but it started hurting about 3 or 4 minutes into my run. I stopped once to try to stretch it out to no avail. It feels like a cramp but I only feel it when I put weight on the muscle. There was never a moment when I was fine and then I was in pain, it just kind of built up. From some reading, I'm guessing I have a strained muscle. I'm limping pretty significantly as it hurts to walk. If I keep my knee bent, walk on my heel, and don't flex my foot when I walk, I'm fine.
I ran well this morning, doing the run generally as written with the exception of stopping once to try to stretch and then I walked for about 30 seconds once when I was supposed to be running just to see if the pain subsided. It was no better when I walked, so I just decided to run it out.
It was cold enough this morning that I put on a long sleeve shirt for the first time. I found it was too hot and took it off a little over halfway through.
I'm concerned about my calf and I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to run again this week. I might just take it easy until Thanksgiving Day and hope for the best in the 5K.
Todays stats: I ran the same route as Monday, 2.8 miles in 32:35. That's a pace of 11:38/mile which is officially my fastest time ever.
Next up: Who knows? I hope I can get at least one more run in before the Turkey Trot but if I'm not totally certain I can do it without pain I'm just going to wait until the 5K.
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