Calf pain revisited

So after a 9 week, 6 runs a week, running streak, where my kilometres has been increasing from 40km to 60km a week, my body decided to go NO and I am currently on a forced rest the past three days. My last run on Tuesday was disastrous. I felt the pull of my left calf during a friendly game of dodgeball (blame the slippery basketball court) but decided to go for a run anyway because I was dressed for running! <<sign of an addict.

So now three days on and I have going cold turkey. I never swore so much in the car on a drive to work this morning. I am a grumpy mess.

My calf is slowly improving. But I am somewhat reluctant to visit my chiro, knowing how much it is going to cost and the pain of the deep tissue massage. Oh the pain! And I know what happened again - another calf strain.

Anyhoo, so I am going to do two things to make my life easier - one is to buy a "Stick" - because it is always one calf that gives way first, and a massage ball (I know a tennis ball will do the trick, but I feel like spoiling myself with a $30 ball to roll my back on - hello remember I am feeling grumpy at the moment?)

The Stick

The second change to my life, is to pick up Bikram Yoga again. There's an awesome studio just up the road, and yet I haven't been for a year...anyway the plan is to pay that place a visit twice a week in the first month and see if I can bump it up to three times a week the month after.

Eventually I will want to pick up swimming and gymnastics again. But for now, let's try to make yoga part of my life.