Sore Calf muscle

[Catrin]

If the muscle is just sore, then a short, easy paced recovery ride would be fine. From what I've heard (and I think there was a thread on here about it recently), it's good to get a little blood flow back into the muscles; it will help flush out the lactic acid faster than if you just rest.

However, if the muscle is actually pulled then resting/icing might be a better idea. You say "it felt better this morning" from which I infer that it was painful last night after the class. If it was just regular soreness, then I'd expect it to hurt more today and tomorrow than it did last night. Sounds like you might have a minor pull; probably best to play it safe and give it a few days rest.

It wasn't sore last night, I noticed it when I left the apartment to walk to my car this morning... it isn't sore except when I am actually walking, and then I have to be walking a few minutes for the soreness to present itself. It was better on my walk back from the store 30 minutes ago, I tried not to speed-walk (I am a fast walker). Hopefully it will be ready for my training session tomorrow nigh - as long as I can prevent the allure of my bike from enticing me out into that strong headwind then it should be ok.

I've just not felt anything quite like this before, which is why I mentioned it.