Run training just going along fine, starting to get my diet under control, losing some weight and then BANG.....I strain a calf muscle. Looking back at my past few weeks training I realized that maybe I have added too much too fast and my calf was just waiting to blow. Recently I have added hiking hills with a weighted backpack into my workouts. After a few sessions I was really noticing that my legs were getting stronger. But there I was sitting on that knife edge of increased fitness and over training. Yesterday I had something tied down on my car rack and it came off, I jumped out of the car and ran back to get it out of the road. The combination of being on that knife edge, jumping out of the car and sprinting (to most people it would look like a jog, but to me it was a sprint), my calf just said sorry dude it's time to shut you down.
Oh well looks like I will get to spend more time working on my swim stroke, fast spinning on my bike, weights and yoga.
On the positive side I got all my Saturday yard work done today!!
Have a great day,
Steve
