Went out with a lot of layers. The wind was a little bothersome. The run itself was enjoyable. Right at the very end, I thought the familiar calf pain was starting to creep up. Hopefully that was only an imagination. Cannot deal with longer term rest from running.

… and moved on to something else that I am a little better at…

Finished up the run with coffee at Starbucks at the end.
With Rakhi, Seemita-di, Bhaskar and Mrinal-da

Doubled the distance to 4 miles. Also went back to the new pair of shoes. Best part of the run? The calf pain did not resurface. Hopefully two months of rest has finally gotten rid of it…

Pushed the leg a little more by going a trifle faster and put in a little more than 2 miles. No pain yet.
The plan is to give it a rest tomorrow and then try with the new shoes again. If the pain comes back, then we will know it has something to do with the shoe…

Somewhat emboldened by the one mile run yesterday and day before, tried to stretch myself and did a two mile run today. Still kept the run slow. Was able to finish out without the calf muscle pain coming back.

I have to isolate the cause for the original injury – whether it was the quick buildup of miles in September or the new shoe I was trying. (For now, I am using an old pair of shoes).

To test out how much the calf has recovered, I gingerly put in a mile of very slow run. In fact, it was split into two runs of half mile each with two more miles of walk. The good news is that the leg held up fine. Did quite some stretching after that to take no chances…

Here is to hoping the long road to recovery has started…

Since I cannot run with the calf injury still nagging me, went for a walk instead. In about half a mile, I face a choice of wading thru really muddy waters or turning back and doing a pendulum-esque simple harmonic motion between the starting point and water’s edge till I reached three miles. Pendulum it was!!

Today was just one mile. The calf hurt enough that I had to walk back. More like limp back. I can’t believe this one is giving me so much trouble. Usually I am able to get rid of most running injuries with a couple of weeks’ rest. This one is on its sixth week now…

Got into trouble after 2.5 miles. It has been 5 weeks and the calf muscle problems refuse to go away. How old am I getting?