October 19,  Tuesday

Workouts and postings are still being hampered by sore calves.  Today was the best workout I did it in over a week. At the clubhouse I rode the bike for 10, elliptical for 10, treadmill for 10,  weights for 10 and swam for 20 minutes, followed by 15 minutes in hot whirlpool.  I plan to repeat that scenario tomorrow. Every time I have tried to do a running workout for the last two weeks my calves have  seized on me and made it impossible to run.  Night time cramps have also plagued my sleep.  Have not had sleeping cramps since college.  But today was better. Yesterday I actually cut my compression socks to make them simply calf sleeves. That might have helped.  Also using heat a few times a day.  It might have been a good idea to do these measures sooner, but I did not understand or appreciate the depth of this injury. I expected the soreness to simply disappear in a day or two.  Well, that never happened for almost three weeks.  I skipped Saturday’s race at Big Brook Park for fear of  aggravating the injury. I am hoping to try racing on Saturday at Wolf Mountain, a course I have never seen.  It would be great to be ready to  race hard at Holmdel Park on October 30, the final race of the Autumn season.  To be continued………..🤔💭

Stats –  I have been too bummed out to note.  Ok I guess.