Well, here's the report on the run...
Took off around 5:15 from the house. Didn't even get a 1/4 mile in and my right calf was in pain and stiff. I decided to keep going to see if it would loosen up. It was a really strange feeling - my left leg wanted to blast and my right leg felt like it had a 15lb ankle weight on it. Needless to say I was moving slow.
Kept going, knowing that my pace would be off (quite a bit). Got to the equestrian parking lot and ran up the hill. My lungs felt good and my heart wasn't pumping too hard (granted I wasn't running to fast), but the calf was still pretty stiff. Got to the water tower and knew I wasn't going up the steeps, but I didn't want to take the short route home, so I decided to split off on the trail that cut down towards the farm and reconnects to the Wildcat Canyon trail. Going down the switchbacks, the calf seemed to loosen up a little and was feeling OK (not great, but OK).
Got to the intersection of the Wildcat Canyon trail. The *smart* thing to do here would have been to turn right and have a nice flat jog back to the parking lot and then home. However, Pantera's "A New Level" just came on in my earphones. Nothing like some good heavy metal to make you pumped up and stupid...so of course, I went UP the Wildcat Canyon Trail. Slogged my way up to the short, steep connector trail back to the PG&E fire road and ran back down. Yeah, not the brightest thing to do. Calf started to flare up again and I had to kick it way back. Got back to the parking lot and jogged back.
Somewhere around 1h 15m I farted something nasty (just thought I'd share that)
Got home. 1h 25m 57s. Yeah, a lovely 11:30 pace for a 7.5 mile run. Grrrrrr... Oh this is KILLING ME!!!! Everything feels great except the calf.
The really bizzare thing is that my calf doesn't hurt when I bike - climbing hills or anything.
Well...thinking about doing the pre-masters swim program (10 wks) at the Santa Clara Swim Club starting next week. If I can't run, might as well swim.
