Calf stretch

There was an earlier post, maybe by CJ, about pulling calf muscles in his search to become Caballo Blanco and if anyone knew of effective stretches for the calf. My calf muscles suck, always have, but so far I've been able to run for almost a year without any calf problems. Now i'm sure it's due to many factors, maybe me losing 60 lbs and not being dangerously close to having a massive fucking heart attack...i don't know. Can't figure it all out right now.

I do believe this yoga stretch, called the downward dog, has made a difference. For anyone with calf problems I recommend this stretch. Hold for 30 seconds two times before you run. Remember to breathe.

Downward Dog...great name. Let the comments flow!

Dusty Spikes Running Club

Yesterday, we had our 2nd Dusty Spikes Running Club group run. This running club meets Saturdays, usually around 11:30 am but as late as 2 pm for a 30-40 minute run starting at the Key Bridge. We start off slow, very slow in fact and gradually pick it up until we're close to what might be considered a moderate pace. Afterwards we go to FireWorks for pizza, sangria, and beer. The Dusty Spikes Running Club (DSRC) is pretty much just Jesse and I now but we're hoping Ben Cooke will join us soon to bring our membership numbers up. I also think there's a good chance I'll talk Will Short into joining us afterwards at Fireworks but very unlikely he'd join us for the actual run. If we still only have 2-3 members at this time next year I wouldn't consider it a failure. A failure implies we didn't meet our goals. We don't have goals or a "strategy" at this point. We're simply enjoying the fact that we're able to run 30 minutes without injury and awarding ourselves afterwards.