Saturday, March 30, 2013

Sarasota on Saturday - 2.97 Miles - 3-30-13 by addickens at Garmin Connect - Details

Sarasota on Saturday - 2.97 Miles - 3-30-13 by addickens at Garmin Connect - Details

Well I got out for a little run today when I woke up, looked around and found myself in Sarasota. Now you may ask why on earth did Allan stop running with 2.97 miles in and not just finish out the 3 miles. Or, you might wonder why I didn't take another 2 or 3 steps to burn 1 more calorie to get to the nice even number of 300.

The answer is, I felt a little something in my left calf and stopped running almost immediately. I walked home and applied an ice pack as soon as I walked in the door. After 15 minutes I switched to a heat pack for 15 minutes.  Hopefully the flow of blood to this area caused by the ice and heat will have taken care of any pulls or tears or whatever might have happened.

This little something was a reminder that as life has gotten more hectic as of late, I have not been doing stretching as I had been. Hopefully, when I head out tomorrow, after stretching, all will be well. 

1 comment:

jel5010 said...

Good call on calling it quits and not pushing through the pain. Isn't it funny how stuff like that happens the day you register for a run. Take care and hopefully you can still get in your run with America's Marathon Man tomorrow morning.