It's still sore...

I took the time to ice my calf last night and massaged it before going to bed. I was a little surprised that it was still tender and getting more tender before I went to bed. When I woke up I still felt the soreness. I stretched a little and it seemed to get better, but as the day wore on it became more and more tender, beyond what it was yesterday. I think I can still run on it, I did a few 10 meter runs and it seemed okay, but the real test would be a long run and I'm too chicken to try that right now. I'm not sure if I can ride on it either. It feels like the top inside half of my calf muscle has been hit by a baseball bat. It's not hard, it's actually very soft, at times I think maybe it tore off the bone. I get the sense that it is more serious than I originally thought. All day the muscles on both my calf's have been twitching like crazy. I'm concerned that if I push too hard too early, I'm going to cause a major injury.

I finished writing down my training plan for the year and it has some serious mileage. I'm actually looking forward to it, but I'm so concerned that I may be on the verge of a calf injury which would be a major set back. It's strange because it happened in the pool and I was just swimming and it cramped hard. 

I have the Chili half marathon race scheduled for Sunday, but at this point it is highly unlikely that I'm going to do it unless something miraculous happens. I think it all comes back to dehydration. I'm now trying to drink as much water as possible, I'm taking vitamins, Advil and Aspirin. I've never experienced this type of injury and the more I play it in my mind, all I was doing was doing an easy 50 meter cool down, swimming slowly on my side and kicking, and then WHAM...calf seized. Strange. 

I was going to do weights, but the Y is replacing all the equipment and the weight room won't open again until tomorrow. Instead, I went to watch Reid's 3 on 3 hockey game. They won and he hardly broke a sweat, he's not a big hustler. The important thing is that he seems to still like playing hockey. Personally, I think it is for the social aspect of the game.

Injury Recovery Day.