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Wednesday, September 10. 2008 According to the sports doctor, I have gastrocnemius and soleus muscle strains in both legs. "Your symptoms are classic" he told me. I'm happy to finally have an answer.
I was pretty sure it was relating to biking, but the doctor didn't think that was much of a possibility. So, now I'm back to blaming it on my Burma Road run as I noticed my pain the day after that. Or, it could be from dragging my tube in the Otter River. James said he had some calf soreness afterward. In any event, it's nothing major and nothing that rest won't cure. He recommended I use a compression sleeve when I run in order to keep the muscles warm and stable. After dinner I'll head out to the shops to try and find one. As for the half marathon, I'm going to go ahead and do it. I'll start biking again tomorrow, but will lay off the running completely. The worst that could happen is that I completely overload the muscle causing it to separate from the tendon and require emergency surgery. No big deal, I have really good health insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Just kidding Mom! Hahahaha!!! Comments
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Good Insurance...Very funny (not).Are you going to use heel pads too? I wonder if they'll cause other problems, such as pushing the toes into the front of the shoe & also causing blisters on the ball of the foot.
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This was my third year running the Fox Cities (insert big sponsor here) Half Marathon. The first year I was very undertrained, not to mention 10-15 pounds heavier. My longest run was 10 miles, the last five of which I did after turni
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