Pulled Calf - Day 10

Well, after the setbacks of the earlier days I adjusted my training.  Maintained my cardio with a few lap sessions at the gym's pool and did a tempo on the stationary bike thursday.  My visit with my physical therapist on Wednesday helped a lot.  Kendra told me that the scar tissue was more evenly distributed, like a layer rather than a big ball unlike the scarring from my last tear a couple of years ago.  My nursing has been successful then, I think to myself.  Kendra thinks I am crazy to still want to do Sunday's Birch Bay marathon.  But as far as protecting against injury my opinion it's all about intensity and level of discomfort I feel during normal activities such as going up stairs.  I was able to do the Billy Banks ' Lower Body boot camp Friday morning without any pain or discomfort.  I walked all afternoon in Seattle with my daughter after that.  Although, true we went up the steps to Pike's Market from the pier and towards the top I felt a knot in my calf,  it was subtle and not painful like it had been in the days past.  Today I did not feel my calf at all.  I can contract it comfortably and feel all the strength back in it.

I had been worried I wouldn't be able to run for a few weeks.  I still haven't tried any distance.  I though about doing a couple of miles today just to feel where I was at, but didn't.  So I will find out tomorrow I guess.  Definitely doing the Birch Bay marathon tomorrow.  I can for sure walk it.  Hopefully run it.  More likely it will be a walk/run, that's the responsible thing to do (ah ah).  It will be a slow run ... I figure I'll drop my pace to about 14-15 min a mile because of small strides.  But what matters is I will not give up, will stick to the plan.  For me that's what matters, for other that's the crazy talking ... But no matter what the "normal people" say I think I have a good balance of crazy with carefulness though.  I went through all my stretching routines tonight, then rolled.  Used my stretcher helper from footsmart.com I just received today (timely).

I am ready.  Going to get some Z's.  Early row call tomorrow at 0330,  in Birch Bay by 0545, for ya'll that don't speak military that's be in Birch Bay by 5:45am.  Happy dreaming everyone ... I will dream asphalt and trees for sure :)