My first sports injury

I just realized this morning. I have my first one. I never really did any sports before. Therefore, I've never had one. I was always artsy. You don't hear of too many art injuries. Especially if you were in choir.

Anyway, about a week ago, while I was running at the gym, my left calf just started hurting after 2.5 miles. I finished my three and just kind of walked it off. The next day it seemed to get a bit better. So, I decided it wasn't anything much. I went to my Wednesday night run and it was ok. I kept working out, and on my Saturday 5 miles, it started hurting near mile 3, but it wasn't awful. So, I kept on.

Tuesday morning, I was doing three around the neighborhood, and my calf started aching again after 2.5 miles. Then just at about 3 miles, it tweaked up. I don't know how else to put it. It just started really hurting. I had to stop.

I talked to a number of people, and they all agreed that I needed to stop running. I had probably strained something, and by ignoring it, I was just making it worse. I was told to take ibuprofin ever couple of hours for 3-4 days and to ice it at night.

I have been dilligent. I have a bottle of Advil by my side at all times, and at night, I have been laying on the couch with my leg atop a bag of frozen, shelled edemame.

I felt guilty this morning, so I woke up early and went over to the gym (in the horrid thunderstorm). I rode a bike for an hour. I just thought I needed to do some cardio. Unfortunately, someone took over the TV control and put on CNBC and their hour long Republican discussion on socialized medicine. I see both sides. So, when one completely biased uneducated side is presented, I get fired up. That did make me start to bike a bit faster.

Anyway, I'm supposed to run 6 on Saturday morning. My calf is still pretty tight. I'm going to keep it on a wait and see basis.