Yesterday I has a sports massage. The lady who did it seemed knowledgeable and could talk for England but was also very nice and I soon felt relaxed enough to hop on the table and hope that she wouldn't find anything wrong that would stop me running for a while.
After an extreemely painfull massage she told me that my problems are all down to tight muscles at the moment, a mixture of a poor running style when I am tired and the increase in mileage for the long runs. She also gave me some stretches and excercises to help with my back and said I need to stretch my hips which are also tight and pulling my pelvis out of line.
The calves were very sore after she had worked on them, more than before I went and it did worry me in case more harm had been done than cured but when I ran this morning all my worries were unfounded and I had no trouble from them at all, though they are still sore to touch.
Today I ran in the sunshine for a change. I was seriously overdressed for the sudden onset of better weather although it only lasted a couple of hours, it was so good not to be huddling up against the cold wind.
I am fighting a throat lurgie which I hope will soon go so I kept the run short and brisk but it felt good.
I did half an hour of stretching and core excercises after.

5.5 miles
57.30 minutes
Average HR 150
Peak 173
Average pace 10.41