9.5km | Easy I ran down to Bondi Beach last night and (as the title suggests) had aching calves again all the way. It got so bad that I almost had to stop on my way back up Bondi Road. I've been doing calf let down exercises morning and night lately, so I guess I have put them under a bit of stress. I will have to step up on the stretching and massage until they start behaving again. There seems to be a pattern emerging here. If I have a layoff because of injury or if I do a long race/run (like a 1/2M) my calves will give me grief in the following week or two. So I'm not going to let it worry me as I now know that it will sort itself out in a few days. I was thinking that I might start to step up the distance on my Sunday long runs. I usually manage about 10-14kms and I will aim to slowly increase this to about 20km and do that distance at least 3 times a month. The more comfortable I can get with the distance I figure, the better my mental approach to a 1/2M race will be. The step up in fitness wont do me any harm either. Also, it may motivate me to step up to a full marathon in 2006 or 2007. Who knows .... Mood: --->

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