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bc_canuck12 posted 3 years ago.
Ice, ice and more ice. Make sure you're stretching properly too. Your hydration level will also play a role in how your calf (and rest of your body) will do during a run. If you have a good physical therapist in the area I'd recommend seeing them. They'll be able to strech the muscle out and show you some great tips for stretches. I've suffered from chronic calf sprains and 9 times out of 10 they were a result of not drinking enough water and not streching before a run / ride. Do that and you'll do great! Good luck.
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thehitman posted 3 years ago.
Yesterday I posted an update on my continuing sage of a pulled calf muscle.
http://www.trifuel.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1066&highlight=torn+calf+muscle
I originally pulled it on June 3 of last year, and did a sprint triathlon 3 days later. And 7 more triathlons throughout the summer. The good news is that it got better --- in October. The bad news is that what little running I did during the summer was slow and often painful.
Fast forward to early March, I pulled it again. I had enough of the "tough it out" routine, and didn't compete for 2 months --- a duathlon in which both of my calves hurt. So I delayed my first triathlon until 2 weeks ago, and had no problem in either my first or second of the year.
You need to determine whether you're simply sore, or whether you've torn or pulled the muscle; and then decide how to proceed.
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bpcooper14 posted 3 years ago.
Maybe the soreness had something to do with the course that you were running on. Some of the kids that I coach on my track team run a lot of roads around here (not many sidewalks and we are in the middle of the country). A few of the kids experienced some soreness in their calves and ITB after a few runs. Come to find out that the surface they were running on was not a flat surface. They were running along the berm of the road that slopped away from the center and therefore their outer foot was forced to travel a slightly further distance then their inner foot and through their body positioning/mechanics/foot strike, etc. all out of whack. Another possiblility was that you ran a good majority of the race up on the balls of your feet and toes much like a sprinter does. IF you were doing that then the calf would be taking a beating keeping you stabilized over that long of a distance. Just a couple random thoughts that you may or may not have thought of. If this is the first problem of this kind that you have had, I wouldn't worry too much about it other then getting healthy for the tri. Best of LUck
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mherkissa posted 3 years ago.
Thanks for the input. I was all healed by the time of the tri! Yea!
If it was fun AND easy, everyone would do it!
I just did a 5K this weekend for Children's Hospital here in MN and I was really sore! My right calf is still sore even now. I have not been this sore since I first started training. I paced myself and ran majority of the distance.
-being a weakling with running that was great for me- but why am I sore when I'm normally not?
My very first Tri is in less than two weeks, and being this sore has completely shaken my confidence. I have always been prepared to finish slowly, but realistically, should I be concerned about getting a DNF? Mentally I am pretty strong and have a high threshold for perceived exertion...am I in denial? Or am I paranoid? :confused:
If it was fun AND easy, everyone would do it!