Fri 6/17 - PM 40 minutes incl. track mile, 400

Underwhelming performance undermined completely by a recurrence of the ever-present right calf strain. All it needs is the right conditions to rear its ugly head and last weekend's track 5k in spikes followed by a 5k in flats the following morning did the trick. While the calf felt tight warming up, I thought little of it and it seemed much better after doing some compressions on the affected area. This was all before putting spikes on which made all the difference as it turns out. To be more precise, running turns in spikes, as even the fast pre-race strides on the back straight weren't an issue. However, 500m into the race I could feel the thing start to spasm and from there it was a desperate attempt to not pull it completely. It's difficult to express how blindsided I was by the calf stiffening  up like this, not something that entered into my thinking in any way going in to the race. While I wasn't headed for an all-time effort to begin with thanks to being completely fried from the past two weeks of move-related nonsense and super late bedtimes, I certainly could have run a lot better if I had both legs under me. Particularly galling to get passed in the final 600 by a couple guys who I could handle with relative ease otherwise. From there I had about half an hour to prepare for the first relay in 20 or so years, as I was pressed into service to round out the DMR the club had entered. If a list were made of every single person in the club in order of preference to fill out a DMR by taking the 400 leg I would be the last person on that list but there was no one else available. Worried if not terrified over what would happen to the calf trying to run fast. Ran in trainers, pleasantly surprised by the fact that I made it through and ran under 70 seconds which was legitimately what I thought I'd be capable of. In fact I was close to 65.