Do you get tight calves when you run?
Does this calf pain limit you even more than being out of breath does?
This is an incredibly common complaint with our runners!
Stop spending hours stretching your calves and spend time doing things that will actually improve your pace. While it may feel like your body NEEDS to stretch, that tightness might be a sign of something else… fatigue.
Indeed, research shows there is a medium to strong correlation of calf raise strength and sprinting performance. For more info on that, read here.
However, we understand that many runners don’t spend a lot of time in the gym doing strength work. However, if there’s one thing we could recommend that would improve your running capacity, it’s to improve your calf strength and endurance.