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Ellenit Serrano's avatar

Great tips John! My husband always starts too hard and gets hurt; a pulled calf muscle this time! I stick to walking 4-5 miles a few times/week to supplement everything else I do.

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John Toomey's avatar

Thanks mate. Always so good to hear from you. I miss you guys.

I used to have a lot of calf problems. It drove me mad. But two things fixed it. First, I do most of my running on grass. And second, I focus on spreading my toes whilst I run. This spreads the load evenly across the Plantar Fascia, which leads to a very even load on the Soleus muscle. When the big toe is doing all the pushing off, the load is concentrated in one sector of the Soleus.

Sending you big love.

JTx

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