After weeks of babying my calf muscles, running minimally, massaging a lot, resting, low impact exercising, it has become obvious that I need to take a month or more of off running and let the tears in my calves heal. This week, much to my disappointment, I officially withdrew from Squaw Peak 50 mile mountain run on June 4th.
I am still walking a lot and using the elliptical to keep my cardio up. The last thing I want to do is to start over from scratch. If I can keep my weight in check and my cardio up I am optimistic that I will be able to quickly get back to the 50 mile a week routine once my calves have healed.
With more than a month of rest and a slow reinsertion into the running routine, I will be ready to once again run an Ultra Marathon later this year. There are several in northern Utah later in the year. I will have to see how the training goes and determine which race to enter when the appropriate time comes.
Smart decision. It was probably tough to come to that conclusion, but I think it's the right thing to do. There's always another race and I think you'll bounce back quickly once you've healed up.
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