Run #2

It's my second run and I'm already breaking one of my when-to-run-rules. There will be people about as I'm running around 11am. I know this one is going to be difficult as after the first run, both of my calf muscles have been aching and this hasn't diminished much in 2 days.

I put this down to improper preparation for the first run.

The second run is again 2km, over the same circuit and expected to be 15 minutes. I remember to do some warm ups before going out, legs, arms and upper body. Temperature is 8.5 Celsius (about 47.5 F in old money) but it does feel colder so I add a fleece jacket to my T-shirt and shorts.

All goes well for the first 500 meters and then my left calf suddenly starts to ache, like someone has pushed a small pebble into the middle of the muscle. I decide to try to run through it. By the kilometre stage its bothering me a lot so I decide to stop for a moment and rub/stretch the leg and then carry on. It's not going away.

I pass several lazy cats who all watch me gasping past them, each with that cat look of "are you mad?". I try to ignore them.

Soon afterwards, I'm more concerned with breathing anyway. The fleece was a bad idea as I can feel that I'm overheating, even over this short distance. Arrive back in 14 minutes, stretch down and drink. The calf ache is probably a pull of some sort, so I stick a bag of frozen peas on it for 10 minutes to see if I can help reduce the damage.

I've been limping around for the rest of the day, hopefully a bit of rest will improve things before I go out again.

Mr. Stumble