My calves are pretty substantial. And pretty much pure muscle, although they’re the only thing on my body that is. I actually don’t hate them, as they’re a reasonable shape and pretty strong. But I can’t stand when I buy a pair of kneesocks or boots only to find that they don’t zip all the way or they cut off circulation. Sometimes I’ll buy thigh high socks because I figure at the very least, they’ll fit comfortably around my massive calves.
I think you're sauceome.
A bunch of comics by Sarah Becan
June 15 & 16
I'll be exhibiting at CAKE!
The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo is June 15 & 16 at the Center on Halsted!
fried mackerel?
Yeah!! It was a new Korean place we tried. Have you ever eaten at a Korean place? They bring out a bunch of tiny bowls of appetizer/side dishes. I usually ignore the kim chee and eat the crap out of the buckwheat noodles and the pickled tofu. This place, in addition to the ten tiny bowls, brought out a plate of small (like, 6-7 inches maybe?) fried mackerels, one for each of us! HEAD AND ALL. I was a little leery, but Gregg and Tonya loved it so I gave it a shot. It was great! I didn’t eat the whole thing, but it was very tender and salty. I’ll try anything once. :D
Don’t get discouraged Sarah — keep on biking and watch those brews. You’re doing a great job. Love the blog!
Guh, I have that same problem with boots. If I get them to go around my calves then I have absolutely no support at the ankle and my foot just floats around freely. Stupid boots.
The worst is when the aforementioned cute knee-highs have a pattern that gets all stretched and wonky-looking. Like, little stars that suddenly get HUGE around the calf. Oof.
OMG this is totes me. I finally found stretchy boots last year that fit my calves.
Man, I just don’t understand why boots/cute socks manufacturers just don’t make products that fit actual people! I have a ton of friends with this exact problem, and even when I was a trim collegiate distance runner, it was still really uncomfortable to cram my stocky German-descended calves into any pair of boots I came across.
As for socks, sockdreams.com sells lots of different kinds of socks, including styles for tiny feets or thick calves/thighs. Only check them out if you’ve got a decent-sized disposable income, though, because you’ll covet everything.
Hurray for Korean food.
also… you kimchi-hater. pfeh.
Dude, I totally concur with the boot problem, only I believe it is solely (heh) the BOOTS’ problem, not all of our calves’. They’re too dang narrow for lots of (totally normal/gorgeous) legs.
I have giant calves too. It runs in my family with the girls. My Mum, my two sisters and I kick ass at running and biking.
Dear god yes! my god my are rock hard and i can’t find boots that fit properly above the ankles. not everyone has freaking toothpicks with feet on them shoe making people!
wait…people don’t like calves?
I have the same damn problem. -_-