Injured my calf muscles today

Well, I started the day with high hopes of having a great run this morning. Sad to say, 10 minutes into the run I had to pull up with damaged right calf muscle. It appears to be the soleus muscle.

It's damn annoying as I'd set a goal of running a marathon within the next 12 months. I will now have to rest up for at least a week, get some treatment and look at getting the New Balance running shoes that I blogged about earlier in the week.

Having spoken to an expert it appears that the worn out old shoes I'm running in now are the cause of my calf problems and they will only get worse if I continue to train in them. I will take a week off and then go to a the grass track nearby and try again.

I dislike running on a grass track or around the fields as I get bored with the scenery quite quickly. But there isn't any other choice at this time. The main thing is to stay motivated and keep my goal in mind. This is a minor setback as there's plenty of time to get race fit if I can heal the calf this month. Rather than trying to go all out and make the injury worse I'll heed the advice of my expert and just stretch this week.