Question:

I am a track and cross country runner. Right now I'm training for cross country but my calf muscles are killing me. The pain starts at the top of my achilles tendon and up the middle of my calf. I dont know what to do, its been like this for 2 weeks.

Answer:

I would highly suggest having that injury checked out by a doctor or, preferably, a sports medicine specialist. I've also got some sports medicine sites on my site that I can refer you to as well. My thought would be that it could be an overuse injury.

As a former cross-country and track runner myself, I ended up with a few overuse injuries in my time (shin splints and hip pain). The only thing that cured it was resting.

Here are the sites:

http://www.fitstep.com/links/sportsmedicine.html