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Liz

If you still have the place available, i would be interested. If you drop me an email at /forum/smilies/confused_smiley.gif[/img]teven_laurie@hotmail.com]steven_laurie@hotmail.com

Stevie 

Just Entered after reading the thread .......

Did the race in 2010  and had a great time on the day, especially enjoyed the pirate feed stations which even caused a laugh out loud moment on the first lap. 

Just need to get down to some training and try to work it round a spring marathon. Made a start this afternoon by putting the turbo tyre back on the bike, just need to actually ride the bike now !!

Freckles-  5 weeks ago, like you, I tore my soleus 5 miles into a recovery run.I was told by the pysio it was a grade 1 tear and would take 4-6 weeks to heal. So after a week of total rest and RICE treatment, I got the OK from the physio  to start  X Training and have spent a lot of time on the bike/ rower/ swimming in the last few weeks. I also  found getting my heart rate levels up a struggle, but from reading various forums it seems that bike heart rates  are about 10-15 bpm lower than running for similar preceived effort levels.

 I have been getting weekly massage since and it seems to be doing the trick. I have managed to introduce some running again this week, doing intervals of 8 mins run, 2 min walk recovery and today managed an hour without any pain. Hopefully there is now light at the end of the tunnel and i will make VLM, even if i have to adopt a run walk strategy.

I apreciate everyone if different but i would advise that you dont run for at least 3 weeks but use a cross country ski machine to substitute your running sessions and use that for the same length of time as you would be running. 2 hours plus is hard going but it at least allows you to keep some endurance fitness without the risk of further damage to the calf.

Good luck !