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Am somewhat of a worried bunny at the moment, so hopefully looking for a bit of advice\re-assurance.
Last Saturday I did my last 'long' run of 12 miles and around mile 8 I felt a peculiar 'ping\pop' in the back of my right calf. This was followed by a tightness and feeling of discomfort in calf but nothing overly painful so I carried on to complete the run.
(Please feel free to insert any relative admonishments here - suggested terms may include - idiot, fool and stupid.)
When I got back I stretched as usual and had my customary cold plunge. Rest of legs felt fine (as much as you could hope after first ever 12 miles) however started getting pain in lower calf and achilles and walking was a bit difficult especially down stairs. Also occasionally got a burning sensation in the big toe of my right foot, but I'm wondering whether this was down to the way I was walking to compensate for my achilles being tight and sore.
Anyhow a strict RICE regime followed and by Tuesday I was pain free and able to walk fine. So last night set out on my scheduled 7 miler, and although my right calf felt tight there was no pain so I trotted on, only for at about mile 6 to get a pain back in the calf, which I was able to run with to complete the 7, although it certainly wasn't comfortable.
I know the thing to do now would be to rest the leg however I have the Anglesey half coming up a week on Sunday, and as its my first ever I really don't want to miss it.
Therefore if I rest for the next few days should I attempt my weekend longish run or would it be ok to miss that one with a medium run next week to finish training. I am worried that this may affect my ability to run the half (although the sensible voice in my head says that after all the training to date missing one long run shouldn't really make any difference!).
Last Saturday I did my last 'long' run of 12 miles and around mile 8 I felt a peculiar 'ping\pop' in the back of my right calf. This was followed by a tightness and feeling of discomfort in calf but nothing overly painful so I carried on to complete the run.
(Please feel free to insert any relative admonishments here - suggested terms may include - idiot, fool and stupid.)
When I got back I stretched as usual and had my customary cold plunge. Rest of legs felt fine (as much as you could hope after first ever 12 miles) however started getting pain in lower calf and achilles and walking was a bit difficult especially down stairs. Also occasionally got a burning sensation in the big toe of my right foot, but I'm wondering whether this was down to the way I was walking to compensate for my achilles being tight and sore.
Anyhow a strict RICE regime followed and by Tuesday I was pain free and able to walk fine. So last night set out on my scheduled 7 miler, and although my right calf felt tight there was no pain so I trotted on, only for at about mile 6 to get a pain back in the calf, which I was able to run with to complete the 7, although it certainly wasn't comfortable.
I know the thing to do now would be to rest the leg however I have the Anglesey half coming up a week on Sunday, and as its my first ever I really don't want to miss it.
Therefore if I rest for the next few days should I attempt my weekend longish run or would it be ok to miss that one with a medium run next week to finish training. I am worried that this may affect my ability to run the half (although the sensible voice in my head says that after all the training to date missing one long run shouldn't really make any difference!).