Good News?!?

Last night was what could be called an encouraging run. Sadly slow but at least it could be compared to some animal actually possessing legs as opposed to an invertabrate slithering thing! 7 miles with no pain. Some tightness and two stretch breaks but survivable. I was actually a little sore today which was kind of bizarre considering all the merciless cross training but I guess nothing beats the real thing when it comes to working running muscles. My good calf actually "mooed" more than the bad one so I followed with a ton of stretching.

Massage appointment was postive today for the most part. She mocks me a great deal throughout as apparently, I'm rather stoic. She asks me if something hurts and then replies on my behalf "patient reports no pain." She was able to actually feel the three distinct muscles in my calf as opposed to the "hamburger" of last month but she did find some trouble spots in my good calf. Who else but me could get a massage for over an hour that was 100% legs? Does'nt really conjure the images of relaxation and pampering associated with massage for some reason!

I rested today (hard for me) and tried to get the full benefits of the therapy. I even indulged in a pedicure and haircut which tranformed today into the closest thing to a "spa day" I ever get! Trying to address that "tired" issue! Even harder to rest when I feel the clock is ticking. Flight leaves Monday and it will be hard to do much beyond this week with that technically being the only cutback I can afford. I'm trying to find the balance between nailing a couple of confidence building runs and resting the injury enough to survive the outing. Not easy for someone of no patience!

The fancy calf braces I ordered arrived yesterday and I have to say I was disappointed. For 55.00 they were not much more than footless compression socks with fancy writing. Lang Soaks as my Scottish friends would call them!

Thanks for the kind support from welcome readers!