#at least a spasm isn't a full on sprain

[fireolin]

I am trying so hard to improve my fitness, an ongoing journey for me almost since I started this blog. My current goal is to be able to easily walk say 12km over a day to be ready for my trip to Japan.

Reasons this is a challenge are all related to me being hyper mobile, though not in a particularly extreme way. But over time this has meant a range of injuries including way too many sprained ankles, culminating in a complete tear through my right atfl last year.

Coming back from that has been slow but positive, as I see a physio for the inevitable weird injuries I knew I'd get along the way. My feet are toughening up nicely, able to handle time and effort, with just a bit of icing to deal with issues.

Naturally I got overeager and did 2 x 8km walks last weekend, one each day. Which were fine on my feet, but now I have a spasmed muscle in my left calf. And today, I decided it had recovered enough to walk to my local train station despite the hills (and I made it!) but then i buggered it up in a shoe shop, experimentally jogging on my toes. Instantly crippled the calf, alarming everyone in the shop around me. Limped slowly to a cafe to recover enough to then limp sloooowly to the train, and then luckily to a bus back home - the driver was very kind as I slooooowly manoeuvred myself on and off.

Now I'm sitting on a heat pack hoping the spasm settles down. Because I'd hoped to do more long walks on the weekend. But it's not looking good right now :(