The Left Calf

As I mentioned in my Travel Running post, my calf (left this time) has been sore for few days and kicked me again from my training regimen :( I knew running the race in Vienna on it wasn't ideal but did not seem that bad. Add the hard workout two days after and here we go (that was last Tuesday). The Coach told me to take one or two days off if I don't feel recovered. Last Wednesday's plan were two easy 5 milers (8 km) - morning and evening. I suffered a bit to get myself on a move in the morning, but it went fine afterwards. Same for the dreadmill in Munich (or at its suburbs). Next morning - not that good any more ;( . 

Yes, I look ALMOST as professional when I swim :D

So I took Thursday and Friday off, did some bike rides on Saturday and Sunday together with strength training. Extremely easy jog on Monday, just 2.5 miles almost at walking speed. Good think - did not get worse. 1 km of swim yesterday evening. And a very hard circuit strength training with The Coach today. Apart from the training, I am adding lot of recovery gels, salty feet baths, saunas etc. I am virtually doing anything that could help together with lots of praying. As I love you, my dearest readers, so much, I am sorry for not posting that much. Hope you can understand now, I don't like sharing upset moods. But now the sunshine is here and I am definitely feeling some slight improvement. Please pray with me!

The fact that the NYC marathon is coming in little over a month does not help to ease my thoughts, but I try to stay positive and motivated. I have been training since May, so I hope these efforts will pay off. As you might already know, I am running the NYC marathon for the Team Hole in the Wall, please check out my fundraising page and help me help the kids!