#StupidCalf

Those that follow me on Twitter or are friends on Facebook have probably been annoyed with my posts about being injured over the last couple months.  For those that haven't, get ready to be annoyed. 7 weeks ago toward the end of my 10 miler, my left calf started feeling a little tight. Nothing bad, just some tightness. I didn't think too much of it until the tightness became more like cramping.  By the time I made it home, it was full fledged soreness to the point of inducing a limp.

    I have injured this calf before and normally 2-3 weeks off combined with some PT gets it back ready to run.  So I proceeded down that path again and gave it a spin after 3 weeks.  50 yards into the test run and it was a no-go as the stupid calf proceeded to tighten again.

    To make a long story a little shorter, I continued the PT, rode my road bike more and more, and took 2 more weeks off from running.  I am now 2 weeks into running short, slow runs, 3-4 times a week.  There is a little soreness but just reshaping the scar tissue.  I am filling in the off days with cycling still.  I am hopeful that I will be able to make it to Hood to Coast toward late August to run on one of the toe Nuun Hydration teams that are participating. I just need to be patient in my getting back into running and be smart.

    So, #StupidCalf has been my favorite hashtag for the last seven weeks.  I am hopeful that I can retire that hashtag in the very near future and replace it more and more with #NuunHTC!

Rainy Day Fun

So, here I sit, initially logging on to submit my volunteer work for the Fleet Feet Sports Huntsville Racing Team and then deciding, "What the heck?  Might as well create myself a blog."  I don't have many that will want to read my ramblings but for those who stumble on to here, maybe there will be one tidbit that makes you laugh or that you find the least bit interesting.  I most certainly make myself laugh occasionally.  I am just starting so patience among those that find their way here is appreciated.  Eventually my blog may look pleasing as well as contain pleasing info.  Nothing better to do on a rainy day that goof around on the computer and this is the result.
  Why the fire for the background?  Because it was a nice picture from the templates.  Eventually, I will find one from my true passion, running, that is a small enough file but is big enough so that it does not need to be tiled and the fire will then cease to exist, extinguished by my running.
  Also, eventually, I will get a better template where I can put links to the sponsors of my running, beginning with Fleet Feet Sports in Huntsville.  Until then, ask me about my sponsors and I will tell you all about them.
  Anyway, back to the real world and trying to figure out nifty blogging items...