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View from Barangaroo during today's walk in Sydney
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With just 500 metres to go on my first attempt to run since Sunday, my lower right calf suddenly started hurting again. It was only a
short run (6.2km) and had gone well up until that point with no pain at all. I was just starting to congratulate myself on my injury management and plan the next few weeks training. Then, in just a few steps, I went from optimism to frustration.
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Sydney skyline from Barangaroo during today's walk
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My first thoughts were that if I could just have completed the run pain free, then the injury would have another day of repairing, and tomorrow I would have had an even better chance of surviving the same short run. More frustration.
However, later I could see a few positives from the experience. Firstly, the injury is real and I had begun to fear it was just a niggle that could have been safely ignored in last Sunday's race. Secondly, the "reinjury" this morning has only set me back a few days, not weeks. And thirdly, when it happened this morning, I was near the end of the run and stopped pretty quickly so it's probably not as badly damaged as on Sunday.
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Circular Quay during today's walk
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The whole episode preyed on my mind all day as I walked around Sydney on a pre-committed day in town, and I think a week of walking followed by a week of short easy runs should be enough to get running seriously again without losing too much fitness. I could feel the calf a little while walking in Sydney, but it wasn't too bad. More like a cramp than a tear.
