Lean calves

Running long distances, not sprinting. Running fast builds muscle, running long distances slowly will reduce the size of the calf muscle. Don't do any weight bearing exercises on this area of the body, you don't want to build the muscle.

Never mind the brick s***house thing. You sound as if you are healthy, which is the goal.

I would say that you should embrace your calves. I know that I had really thick ones after my pregnacy and doing weight lifting and cardio has helped slim them down. It won't happen over night though, I had to work really hard to get my legs more lean. But, yes running can help if you really want to do it. Good luck. I tend to disagree about doing weigh bearing excersises it depends on what type of weight lifting excersise your doing. You can do excersise that help with the surrounding areas. I would also google it and see what you come up with, do some research good luck!

I naturally have enormous calves, and I share your pain with boots! I'm actually a distance runner, and they are still large, but very lean. I'd rather have the function than skinny calves, frankly. I say embrace them. I have ZERO issues wearing a dress and showing them off, and while I do get comments (because they are seriously muscular), I'm proud of them. They show how hard I work, and they take me on some awesome journeys.