hey nick, how's the calf pain
hey nick, how's the calf pain coming ? i have exactly the same kind of pain you've described and was looking for some encouragement, hoping you were getting past it. i switched to barefoot over the smmer, and i think my calf problem is an old injury coupled with tmts. when i first started barefooting this summer, i had pain in both calves. so i dialed my distance way down with small increases, and i was fine for a while. then after about a month of 4 to 6 3 milers a week, i started throwing in some 4 and 5.5 milers and some increased speed (nothing crazy, just a 7.5min or so mile at the end) and the pain came back. i'm assuming/hoping it will go away if i dial down again and increase more slowly. i find it really difficult though, because i just find it so frigiging fun. i think about it all the time, and when i can't run i get all grumpy. its really kind of an addiction. there even seems to be tolerance to the fun effects, with it taking more more distance to get to the blissed-out feeling.