Um, not so fast.
I went for a run last night and the wheels completely fell off. I have no idea what happened. It's as if my legs were not my own. Halfway into the first mile, my calves seized up. I had this problem during my first half marathon training, but not since. I decided to stretch & walk some to see if I could ease the pain, but walking was actually more painful.
Imagine your calves feeling like there are just blocks of solid clay in them. It's horrible. So i hobbled along into a jog and then got a shooting pain through my right knee down to my shin. Wth is going on here?! I stopped and stretched, tried to jog again and the same thing happened.
I hobbled home after 2 miles, feeling super disappointed & worried.
And the shooting pain has happened 3 or 4 times today, just sitting down.
Um, legs. Let's have a talk. This is not how you are supposed to behave. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.
Anyone else ever experience this? I'm not going to run again until Wednesday, but now I'm scared...
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Oh dear! Do you stretch, stretch, stretch? I'm an advocate of stretching. I've never had this happen like you describe....only after a horrific calf exercise on a weight machine. My trainer told me to do temp showers....2 mins heat/2 mins cold alternating over and over to help with soreness. And I recommend to stretch! Feel better!
Did it feel like muscle cramps? I've never experienced anything like what you described here, but if it felt cramp-y, I'd try eating a lot of potassium today and tomorrow before your run. And I agree with Angie - stretch and ice!
I had a run where I had horrible cramps in my shins. Like: crawl back the 1.5 miles and cry my eyes out.
I ended up just taking a few days off and really stretching my legs CONSTANTLY in those 2 days. All was right with the running world after the break/stretching.
hope you get your legs to work!
oh NO! My goodness, I hope it's nothing serious and just a bad run. Come on LEGS, hang in there :)
Ahhh! No! Every time I post something like this someone asks me about my shoes. So....I'm asking about your shoes. New? Kinda new? Not your faves? I know nothing about this, but it's always been asked of me.
Also, I've been feeling crazy leg pains lately too! It's a sign for me that I'm doing too much. Last night I couldn't sleep because of restless legs and odd crawling aches up and down my legs. Boo!
Let's hope this clears up soon! For both of us :)
can't shed any light on why your legs are misbehaving as they are - I'm too new at this running lark to know - but maybe a few days off and lots of stretches? I just love the way you "talk" to your legs and tell them to GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER. I do love a runner with a sense of humour! Good luck with your running
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