My leg felt much better this morning than it did yesterday, however after about 3.5 miles I noticed it starting to feel somewhat tight, and after 4.5 miles there was a little pain. I ended up turning around at 6 miles, and the pain felt tolerable until the end of the run, but not great. I finished 12 miles in 1:29:05. I sped up slowly over the last 4 miles to try and see if speed caused more pain, or if the difference was negligible. Results of my test were good, as pain seemed to be fairly equivalent at the faster (6:30-7:15 pace) speeds. PM: I wanted to still get in good mileage for today, and I was itching to go faster, because I hadn't run anything fast since Tuesday. So, I went over to the track and ran a few mile repeats, with 1 mile rest between repeats (I know, I am stupid for running hard when my leg is hurt, and for running a double when running doubles has been preventing me from healing). The first repeat was a 5:26 (90, 81, 78, 77), followed by a 5:06 (82, 75, 75, 74), and finishing with a 4:56 (75, 75, 73, 73). I felt like I could run 75 second quarters forever, despite the calf issues, My calf hurt less when I was running fast than when I was running slow, but it would flare up as soon as I finished a repeat. I ran the last repeat with some wind (I got lucky on the first 2, virtually no wind) and I was glad that I was able to maintain a good pace despite the wind. Total of 8 miles. I ran the mile repeats in part because I wanted to make sure that if this problem has not gone away by the time I run my next marathon in Illinois in 3 weeks I will still be able to run fast without any problems. The test indicated that my leg should hold up fine.
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