Subject: To rest or not to rest I have been dealing with a GI issue since Sunday afternoon. On Monday I decided to stick with the plan and run anyway. 1.5 hour run cut down to a miserable .75 hour run. Opted to rest on tues and then last night ran 1.25 of planned 1.5 still feeling like crap only my left calf particularly was cramping most of the 2nd half of the run. Today I get up and my calf is killing me and seems very tight still. I should be running tonight to stay on plan with a Half Marathon trail race that includes lots of hills, 3.5K of elevation change, that will certainly need my calves full attention to complete. I have only been running for 2 years now and don't really know how to tell if I should just not worry about it and run tonight anyway or if I should take off again because there is potential to injure myself. I have already missed 1 run this week and cut two others short. Is this really no big deal and I should just take the night off and relax? |