This Is Why Your Calves Hurt From Running

Stupidly decided to run my first marathon in new shoes yesterday. My calves was screaming, and hearing your advice on why we need time to adapt, it makes complete sense.

Great advice! Currently nursing sore calves from my first marathon yesterday.

After watching this video this morning. I really concentrated on my foot striking during today's run. Felt soooo much better. I ran more forefoot, bordering on tiptoeing and the amount of calf injuries I was getting was really getting me down but today felt awesome. Plus I was wearing some new Brooks launch 8s. I felt like I was flying today and am so uplifted again to keep going.

Excellent video! Very informative and inspiring to stop neglecting those discomforts you've kind of gotten used to.

Awesome video Holly! Many thanks

Loved this! Hydration and nutrition also crucial for proper recovery and function. I can really tell in my muscles when I’m not properly hydrated especially.

Another great episode, thanks for the tips coach

Thanks for the tips, Holly! Help a lot, for sure!

What a great explanation video! I did not even know about the zero drop shoes🤦🏻‍♀️. I got new trail running shoes only but a couple runs before my first ultra. No wonder I experienced cramps on the downhill. Glad I didn’t injured them further. Now I’m babying some very sore calves. Thank you for this video!

Excellent content, excellent editing! Hearing about balancing eccentric and concentric contractions was a really useful explanation. This coach learned a better way to explain and help my runners. Thanks, Coach Holly!

FABULOUS informative video, thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.

Thanks so much! I instantly understood how I strained my calves! Your video is really informative and helpful!

Timely video! Was experiencing calf issues the last two weeks. I think my issue was my shoes, as they were worn down and had 400 miles on them. Once I bought and wore a new pair, the calf pain subsided. I also started foam rolling my calves every day, which really helped recovery. Thanks for the great tips, Holly!

A few years ago I was just a daily 5-mile walker and I switched to a zero-drop shoe and wore it every day for over a month, my calf was always tight, and I ended up with a calf injury. After a few weeks of recovery, I went to a running shoe store and they put me in a 12mm drop shoe to take some relief off the calf muscle, and then after 6-8 weeks we switched to a 10mm drop, and finally to a 8mm drop shoe that I now run in. It's taken some time to build up to being a runner, but I've learned that just buying a "Cool" looking shoe isn't what's important when selecting running shoes, because in my case, they can lead to injury.

This is information with tons of value. Thanks a lot!.

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Thank you so much for the video. Very instructive and exactly what i need at the moment 😃👍

This is very useful information!

Thanks Holly. I have been experiencing this for a while. I don’t believe it is an injury. I will implement some of your suggestions.

Thank you for this video! It has helped me a lot!!!