Week 2

[Endfeed5555]

W2R3 done and felt better then the ones previous. Still seem to get really tight and burning calf’s. Anyone else get this and any remedies to relieve it?

[Grannyhugs Graduate]

Have you been stretching after runs? Look at the strength and flex forum for sample exercise.

[Brian-P6 Graduate]

Yes, What Grannytobe says. I had this quite bad in my first 3 weeks. I was doing some calf stretches which only helped a bit but after reading the docs on here and adding in ham string stretches after every run it is now all sorted. They still ache a bit, but now it’s normal due to the exercise.

[Endfeed5555 in reply to Brian-P6]

Ok thanks for feedback. I do stretch calf’s, thighs, hamstrings and hips after each run but I will have a read up and see if I should add some others.

[RunningMigster Graduate]

I had that for a while.

As well as stretching, a really good massage on my calves was a massive help.

Ultimately, the only real cure for me personally, was getting gait analysis done and spending some cash on some serious running shoes.

[Beckybrownrigg]

Hi, i use to get this, until I had my gait analysed and trainers to suit. I over pronate, who knew.