It hurts

Well I made it longer than I thought I would on not complaining about tri-training.
But I just have to whine a little tiny bit today.
I was swimming last night and right smack dab in the middle of the huge pool, where I could not touch, my calf muscles cramped.  Both of them.  I am not sure if any of you have had this before but they ball up into tight knots and a person can actually see them throbbing. 
In the middle of the pain, in the center of the pool, I sank.  Thrashing and gasping, I made it across four lanes to the side of the pool.
And today, the result is pain of a new kind as I walk around doing my daily business.  I actually have to stop and stretch my calves about every ten minutes or the pain is too terrible to handle.
So there it is .....my feel sorry for me post :)