Went out last evening to see if the calf muscle would put up with cx dismounts. It handled the dismounts ok, but seized up like a home built two-stroke engine running on straight gasoline when I kept running.
Which means no Lion of Fairfax this year.
Which means that laying off running for a week didn’t fix it. It did feel better in its failure than it did a week or so ago, so if there’s a bit of non-oncoming-train-in-the-tunnel light, that’s it.
With a bit of an inquiry to Dr. Internette, it has been diagnosed as a tweaked (torn, pulled, strained, ganked) soleus muscle. I’ve come to the conclusion that laying off running for two weeks and cycling for maybe one might get things right. The “R” component of RICE - the component I have not been actually engaging. I’m mentally preparing to not ride for two weeks, though. Dropping the heel while cycling seemed to make it cranky on the way back last night. So, sadly, riding is out for a bit.
Which means no SFR Mixed-Terrain Ride this weekend, either.
Maybe I can finally work through the deferred maintenence issues on the bikes, which will make them happy.
What bugs me is that I’d been feeling reasonably good on the trail work, and before the soleus-interuptus, running was feeling efficient. Ah well. It’ll just feel that much better when I can do it.
Oh well, at least the turkeys came by to visit while I was shaking my head and complaining…
And the bike is patient…