That flushing sound is my training going down the toilet

Yeah. Yikes. I never skipped a single run during my first round of marathon training last year. I moved some around, combined some, etc. But I hit my mileage every week. This time? Not so much. That calf pain I mentioned last week has stuck around. On Saturday I was scheduled to run 13 miles but only made 9, then skipped Sunday's run all together. I was really hoping that giving it a rest day would fix everything, but Monday's run was hard too. And yesterday I barely hung on for four miles. Five minutes browsing around the interwebs leads me to believe there is something going on with my Soleus muscle. But regardless of what oddly named muscle is bugging me, the prescription is the same: rest. I have my longest training run planned for this Saturday, 22 miles. If I can have a good final long run I'll be fine. So with that in mind I'm skipping the other two runs planned this week. My inner couch potato is ecstatic, but most of me is pissed. I'm definitely getting my hands on Run Less, Run Faster for Timberline.