Calves and Home Brand

Two completely random, unrelated topics.

First off. I have this pretty serious calf issue at the moment that's got me worried about my race in a week and a half. I think LAST last Saturday (the 21st) on my long run I did some sort of damage to it and then made it worse trying to run through it on Mon - Wed. I haven't ran since last Wednesday and there's been pain since then as well. Tolerable pain, and only when I walk on it in certain ways... but that does bode well when you consider that I'll be RUNNING on it, it all sorts of terrible terrain. So I'm in a terrible position. What do I do? I'm resting and I think I've diagnosed it pretty accurately, but I'm not sure how long it's going to take to heal 100%. Do I risk racing and doing further damage? Do I bail on the race, knowing it will be my only chance to ever do this race? It's frustrating also because I typically DON'T feel any pain, so I don't feel injured at all, even though I am.

Home Brand. This stuff is like North America's No Name I guess. It's been great to us. We buy a TON of that stuff because it's just always the best deal. Eggs, cottage cheese, dried fruits, cooking spray, cheese, canned goods, pasta, oats, pb, etc. A lot of the stuff that we eat a lot of, we buy Home Brand. No complaints as of yet, it's all pretty decent stuff.

That's it for today.