This past Saturday I ran the 5/3 River Bank Run.
I was keeping a nice pace between 7:50 and 8:00 when at mile 6.5 I felt like my left calf exploded. The "popping" was enough pretty nasty...and suddenly I went from trying to keep in the low 2 hrs...to just trying to finish. I ended up doing a run/walk for the next 9 miles and completed in 2:40:08. Pretty slow...but I did it with a calf muscle tear.
I'm now nursing my leg back to health and will hopefully get back into some racing this summer. I'd like to run a marathon this fall. It sounds like Chicago is closed...so I'm much more likely to do either the GR Marathon or the Boyne2Boyne.
I'm doing the "science experiment thing" with supplements right now. I'm doing a couple of protein shakes a day and I'm doing a handful of other things such as fish oil, glutamine, and starting to toy with creatine. I'm taking the opportunity of a bum leg to get some upper body weight training in. We'll see if creatine really works.
- Zuke
Scott Zuke
My name is Scott Zuke. I live in the Midwest with my wife and two kids and my chocolate lab. I have many interests, including techie stuff, outdoor activities, and learning new things. I can often be found fly fishing, staring into the stars, or snowboarding in the winter months. I'm a typical guy in his late 30's, trying to balance career and life, trying to drop a few pounds, and attempting to give enough time to my kids.
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