I developed a pain in my calf last Sunday while out running on Gisborough Moor. Very frustrating as I've just had a very long lay off due to knee injury. After almost 12 months without any fell running due to my knee injury, the one thing that I have finally developed is a healthy dose of realism. There were many times during that 12 month period when I tried to run when I was
clearly not ready and I suspect that this exacerbated the injury and stalled the healing process. So my advice Mike, would be to learn patience and find an alternative way of exercising that will hopefully compensate for not hitting the fells. Personally, I find that I can still go out mountain biking so long as I stay seated when going uphill and therefore making the quads do the work. I'm confident that I should be back running within 4 weeks, however, if I try to run within that period I am certain that I will make things worse. My main targets this year are Ennerdale and Borrowdale and I'm confident of lining up for them, however, if I am foolish enough to run in my short term target of High Cup Nick in two weeks time then I suspect that the long term damage will be significant. Be realistic and patient.