Hi, I am currently in the early stages of training for an ultra-marathon. I've been running pretty consistently for around 4 months now, with my longest runs being 20/25km (for about 3 months). I currently run about 40km a week, but last week ran around 40km again but also walked another 40km so overall a higher volume week. I didn't feel any soreness or pain while running but on my rest day when I woke up I had a twinge in the back of my ankle/heel while lying down. It feels mostly ok but for the past few days has twinged a few times a day e.g. when I've stand on tip toes or point my toes upwards. The pain when it twinges is very low (1 out of 10) but I wanted to make sure it wasn't something that I could resolve with physio/rest early to avoid losing too much training time. Any help/guidance would be really appreciated. Thank you. Best, Charlotte

Hi Charlotte - cutting to the chase, how many single calf raises can you do before fatigue on a straight leg and with a bent knee? For endurance events you need lots of strength to protect the muscle, and this sounds like a little irritation of your achilles...let me know as a heel raise (small insert) might be temporarily needed to keep you training. The Guru