LongHorn Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Festival : Official Thread (Page 3)

Advice!
I am scheduled to do the Longhorn.  It will be my first HIM.  Yeah!!! 5 weeks ago I strained my right calf during another race. I rested it the week after just doing some swimming and biking and then went back at training.  In the beginning of the next week, I had completed a long run on a treadmill (8.2 miles) then 4 days later was doing a mock Olympic distance Tri.  On mile three I felt a pop.   It was not extreamly painful at the time, but I stopped running and walked the rest of the way back to the car. I iced it down immediately when I got to the car and later that day it was sore.  I self diagnosed with a grade 2 calf strain after talking the symptoms through with a PT.  I stopped running completely and continued to swim and bike as that did not seem to bother it much at all.  That was about 2 weeks no running.  I used to work in a PT clinic so I started a basic PT plan of stretching, icing, strengthening (minus the ultrasound and stim as I do not own these). This week I went back to running and did a slow 5k on a treadmill on Tuesday...no issues except I was sore everywhere else .  Well, yesterday I went to run again on the treadmill and I noticed some discomfort  appear in the calf.  I stopped running immediately (only .8 miles complete).  I was not sure if this was fear, the ingury or if I was supposed to be a bit sore. I am okay today, feels more like sore musle than pain, but I can definately feel it.

HELP: I feel I need to give the leg more time to heal, but am affraid that no running will be an issue.  In addition, running is my weakest event.  I plan to complete the swim in about 45 minutes and the bike in about 3 and a quarter hours.  I live in Pittsburgh, PA and that is all we have is hills! I really do not want to walk the whole run...because of injury or loss of conditioning.  What suggestions are out there to keep me going and ready for the race?

Advice!
I am scheduled to do the Longhorn.  It will be my first HIM.  Yeah!!! 5 weeks ago I strained my right calf during another race. I rested it the week after just doing some swimming and biking and then went back at training.  In the beginning of the next week, I had completed a long run on a treadmill (8.2 miles) then 4 days later was doing a mock Olympic distance Tri.  On mile three I felt a pop.   It was not extreamly painful at the time, but I stopped running and walked the rest of the way back to the car. I iced it down immediately when I got to the car and later that day it was sore.  I self diagnosed with a grade 2 calf strain after talking the symptoms through with a PT.  I stopped running completely and continued to swim and bike as that did not seem to bother it much at all.  That was about 2 weeks no running.  I used to work in a PT clinic so I started a basic PT plan of stretching, icing, strengthening (minus the ultrasound and stim as I do not own these). This week I went back to running and did a slow 5k on a treadmill on Tuesday...no issues except I was sore everywhere else .  Well, yesterday I went to run again on the treadmill and I noticed some discomfort  appear in the calf.  I stopped running immediately (only .8 miles complete).  I was not sure if this was fear, the ingury or if I was supposed to be a bit sore. I am okay today, feels more like sore musle than pain, but I can definately feel it.

HELP: I feel I need to give the leg more time to heal, but am affraid that no running will be an issue.  In addition, running is my weakest event.  I plan to complete the swim in about 45 minutes and the bike in about 3 and a quarter hours.  I live in Pittsburgh, PA and that is all we have is hills! I really do not want to walk the whole run...because of injury or loss of conditioning.  What suggestions are out there to keep me going and ready for the race?