Every day is a new day

Walked up Gavin Hill til the snow got too deep which was around 1400' up from the trailhead.  Power walked up the trail steeps.  Leg not right but not really bothered by the walk.  Gave up after the snow got over three feet thick.  Day off tomorrow to try to heal this thing. 

Ran one easy mile.  No calf pain but all of a sudden pretty severe achilles pain.  Stopped me in my tracks.  Walked back to the gym.  Stretched out and had no trouble, pain or real tightness anywhere in my leg.  Tried jogging.. same pain.  So went to the elliptical and tried something new.  To deal with the frustrations of injury I did a 5K as fast as I could go on the elliptical.  Put the resistance on my normal 11 and off I went.  So 19:12 later I finished the 5K.  Since this is over two minutes faster than I can run the same distance it helps to quantify the difference in machine vs. road.  Anyway  no leg pain on the machine and still hoping somehow I can run the half marathon on Sunday.

I did 65 minutes on the elliptical for 9.5 machine miles.  No pain.  Not favoring or limping anymore even though the limping was due to fear rather than pain.  No issues stretching calf or tendon.  Basicly I cannot make it hurt unless I run on it.  Walking, stretching, heel lifts, jumping or you name it no pain.  Jog at 6 mph and all of a sudden I have issues.  Starting to wonder about my sanity as much as my leg.  New plan, no running til Saturday.  Run, not jog, three miles.  Pain equals no race, no pain equals race.  I would normally just skip the race but I am flying 1600 miles to do this one so I really hate to go that far to watch.

Testing the calf.  Sore but not painful. Did not want to push it.