Calf still holding me back

It’s now January 17th and I figured my calf strain should have recovered sufficiently for a gentle jog this afternoon. Unfortunately, it turns out my right calf had other ideas. I managed just over 4.5km before the twinges in my calf got too worrying and I decided to walk back. Its definitely not disastrous as when my calf strain happened just before the end of the year, it happened immediately. There were no warning twinges. It was literally feeling great and then the next stride feeling I had been shot in the back of the calf. I felt the effect of that injury for a quite a few more days than I normally would. If I had been running a major race today, I would have carried on, but I have too much to lose. I am still feeling down that I had to stop, but I live to run another day. I imagine I will keep off it for the next few days and maybe try my next jog at the back end of next week