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I am a little worried about the pain in my left shin/calf. I was hoping it was just a one or two day thing but it is getting worse today. I Think it is just a bruise but if I keep running on it, it will only get worse. I am going to see how it feels tomorrow, but I think it may be best to stop running until next Saturday and hope it heels. I don't know if I could run 50 miles with it feeling like it does right now.
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4 comments:
Josh,
Rest is best, take a couple days off and massage the area as often as possible. RICE it! You will not loose anything with respect to your race at this point. You will loose a lot if you do not permit it to heal.
You have been doing some intense training getting ready for this race. We are all sore at this point. I have aches and pains and I swear I could not have done 50 miles today. This is why we taper. You will be fine. Go buy a trail running magazine and take to time off.
Rob
And remember, you ran 7 miles without shoes. Do not change anything this close before a race. You will heal up you just used some diffrent muscles.
I am wondering if it occurred with your near-barefoot experience. I agree with Rob, you need to ice it down, especially if it seems worse.
You said shin/calf pain, so that makes me think just your near-barefoot thing may have made this occurr.
Take a couple of days off! It's not going to hurt you at this point. Your training is done now!
Rob/Kim,
Thanks for the advice guys! I will ice it up. stay off of it and see what happens, I think it will be fine. If it isn't, i'm still going to finish that damn race.
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