Chicago (+SF) Training: Adding Healing Time

So I did a stupid thing last week. At the end of my long Sunday run, I added a huge hill. Not bad, but I ended up sprinting that hill. Unfortunately, on the way down back to the car, I was in pain. Got home and had a pretty bad calf cramp session.

I didn't think anything of it. Did my maintenance runs during the week with no problem until the pre-long run. Total pain in my calf. I hobbled that shorter milage.. But I had a race the next day...

So I ran the race and should have PR'ed it, but dangit if the calf pain came back! GRRRR..

I know, the internet knows, everyone and their brother knows what the solution is.. rest that leg.. grrrrr! The last time I took a rest from the Hal Higdon bible was when I had a fever... It was tough but I rested a couple days and came back blazing...

So, I have to take a 5 day rest.. FIVE DAYS!! I've ended up doing a lot of pushups, pullups, and situps..

We'll see what happens this weekend.. According to the schedule, it's a pretty long run.. I'm going to cut 2 miles from the Sunday run and 2 miles from the Saturday run..

Let's see how this works..