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August 27, 2007
OWWWWIE #2
I had just turned the corner on the south end of Pier 40 when it happened. I wasn't running all that fast, but I daresay I have been pushing this 41-year-young body a little hard lately. Vinyasa yoga, Bikram yoga, running, cycling...
And then it happened. SPROING! A muscle or tendon in my lower right calf became instantly disengaged. The pain was unreal. It shot from the top of my achilles tendon to the middle of my shin bone. It hurt like nasty to toe off.
I stopped straight away and began a series of stretches and load bearings to see if I could isolate the tear. At first, I thought it was my plantaris tendon.
I went to Bikram yoga this afternoon, in the back of the class so that I could feel my way through the pain. The heat, I figured, would help. It did. A lot. But I discovered that the pain was truly running up the inside of my shin bone, so bing-bango-bongo, it must be my soleus. Damn. This is the nasty little muscle that is to blame for shin splints.
No more running until this clears up. Stairs are miserable, but walking is tolerable.
Damn. Damn. Damn.
More yoga. Less running.
Posted by dave at August 27, 2007 06:40 PM