Sorry no conversing about running on this forum. How did you injure
yourself.
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Thanks for asking DF.
running in central park on the road encompassing the park....and
approaching a cross walk for pedestrians...a dog leashed with owner
stood. the dog owner's attention was diverted behind them (they turned
their head to the road)...their dog though saw a squirrel or something
ahead.....and so as i was approaching them at a good 7:15 min. pace
this dog jets out across the road.....the owner is standing there and
the retractable leash extends across the runners path of the road
creating a 3' or so hurdle.
this all happend in a split second and in stride right there. choice
was either deal w/wire leash burn across mid-thigh and any
damange/fallout from creating a "bow" with the dog on one end, owner on
the other....or simply leap/jump the leash if possible.
however i had no prep time to position my stride for leaping as i was
in stride and at the "point blank" point of collision....so i
awkwardly in stride at the last minute employed a tremendous amount
more power in coming off the balls of my foot...in this emergecny to
make the hurdle. as i'm leaping in air, the dog owner turns
backaround and screams as she sees it all...and the dog is now a
hazard to cyclist, in the next lane and may be road kill. i cursed to
be quite honest in mid-air, "[censored]".....landed....stopped and rolled on
my ass getting all pressure off my legs.
i know i felt the "pull" in unplanned for total effort stretch/leap.
presto...in a second i had a pulled calf muscle. historically for
me...this is an injury that can nag and linger if you try to
continually try to run on it.
so i have chosen to take a solid week off and it feels pretty good
now.....and i am treating my 5 mile race on sunday very gingerly....and
will run it at a 7:45 pace. (i'm already registered and paid
/entered...etc...)...so I will go to it.
That's what happend Doug. I am sure you and many others have had pulls
an strains born from last second unintended exertion? I'm just
crossing my fingers on this. I have a history of injury like this in
January and February going back 4 years. Generally it's a product of
lazy winter stretching prior to a race....mediocre winter
training...and then on race day, i would go all out 100%.
unfortunately i never properly prep'ed my body for the effort i would
demand from it on race day and this always translated to a pull of some
sort.
i'm bummed to as this upcoming week is the start of the indoor season
here in nyc. i was looking forward to kicking donovan's ass in some
sprints......to make up for all the ass kicking he routinely's been
doing to me the past couple of years.