Running Injuries: Common or Not

Running Injuries: Common or Not

After running without so much as a twinge for 10 minutes this morning, the dreaded right calf seized up again. I managed to hobble on home and with the walking the calf eased a bit. So much for solving my problems with running injuries. Common wisdom is that I should take time off and allow the calf to heal.

I think that is what I'll do, as it can be quite serious if I don't sort it out soon. My medium term goal is to run a marathon. If I don't sort this out now I'm not going to get to that point. I am also going to limit my running until I can purchase a decent pair of running shoes.

All in all these ongoing common running injuries that I'm experiencing are to be expected. I haven't done any sort of exercise for close on 12 years. I weigh in at just on 111 kg's now, so the impact on my legs is quite high. I certainly don't have a low impact running style yet.

I'll keep you updated on my running injuries. Common advice on how to proceed will be very helpful, so feel free to post your wisdom.

Until next time...