Hope To Run Again Before End Of The Year

Another run with my wife on the road.  Calf got tight last couple of hundred of yards.  I would have stopped if we were not already planning to stop at a mile.

Later on went to the gym.

Elliptical - 30:00 - 3 mile run equivalent

Had court in the morning and it ran a little long.  Came home and ate lunch, then it was not much time left before work.  So a goose egg for today.

Did 20 minutes on the elliptical.  Then got on the treadmill.  I set it for a 9:00 per mile pace.  Calf started to get tight at .08.  Stopped at 1 mile.  Then another 10 minutes on the elliptical.

3 miles run equivalent on the elliptical

1 mile treadmill

Push mowed the yard for 3 hours today.  No self propelled mower, just my leg power. Calf twinging some afterwards.  Decided not to do anything else that may irritate it.

Well the calf has twinged while walking today, but I decided to try a run anyway.  It got no better, no worse.  Felt pretty good to run again.  Wonder how it will feel in the morning.. ??

I was thinking this is much harder than yesterday after only .5.  But then I saw my mile split and realized why.  I was running faster and did not know it.  I decided to try and maintain the pace for the 2nd mile.  That ended up faster than I had figured it was too.  The idea struck me to try and go under 8:00 for the last mile.  I did it, and cardio wise I was not too bad.  But my calf was starting to get angry with me.

So as to not tick it off anymore I will not run tomorrow.  Also I think some 9:00 miles would be smarter right now as the calf is still rebelling.

Calf felt tight today.  Scared to really push off on it.  Went to the gym for pool running today.  My wife wanted to run together on the road this evening.  So we did.  Pace was good on the calf.  No pains.  We have run together 3 times now and she is showing much improvement.  But she was not happy I pushed her (literally) up the last hill with about 100 yards to go.

Pool Running - with belt - 30:00 - 3 mile run equivalent