Round 6: Day 27: Yoga

Feeling energetic and enthusiastic, I decided to go for a run last night. About halfway through the run, I felt my left calf tweak a bit. I stopped immediately, stretched out, and walked home. At present, I have a minor calf strain, which should work its way out in a few days. In the meantime, I'm trying to walk normally, keep my leg iced, and am stretching it out, trying to maintain a full range of motion. What annoys me is that I did my pre-run stretching and was feeling fantastic up to the point of the tweak. There was no warning sign at all. On the other hand, if I weren't in the kind of shape I'm in, perhaps I would have suffered more. There's got to be a bright side to all of this.

Because of the tweak, I was looking forward to yoga today. I don't usually focus on a specific body part, but today, Downward Dog (especially with the right leg raised in the air) was a huge priority. I could feel the stretch in my calf, never really experienced any pain (just minor discomfort) and was able to make it through the entire workout. I took every opportunity to work on my calf, and by the time the workout ended, I felt like I had a full body massage and was walking with much more ease. To top things off, I went for a walk at lunchtime, to continue stretching and working the affected muscle.

It's a bit of a disappointing end to Recovery Week, but I believe that I'll be OK for Insanity next week, with a couple of days' rest. I'll still be hitting 30-15 hard on Sunday, but pushups don't involve the legs too much, other than for stability, so that workout should be fine.

End of Week 4. Bring on Week 5.

Namaste.