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.
