Back after the race ...

I'm here in my hotel room with a brace on my ankle after RICE treatment since the race. I can't really walk much, but that's OK.

I was having a great race until mile 18 or so, where I stepped on something in the road and wrenched my left ankle. I was so focused on execution and keeping pace by focusing on reeling in faster runners ahead of me I didn't even see what I hit. I think it was one of those reflector markers.

Anyway I reached mile 20 right on schedule (2:33) but each mile after that was increasingly painful and slower. I hobbled in doing 9:30s or so for the last three miles at around 3:32 and went straight to the medical tent to ice it. I didn't think it was so bad, until I tried to stand up and nearly collapsed when I put weight on it.

Even though I didn't hit 3:20, I'm putting this one in the "win" column, because I trained properly for the event, I had a proper race strategy that I executed well, and I managed to gut out a PR even with my bad ankle.

Comments

[rainmaker]

Nice job pushing through. There is some irony in not seeing a reflector though...

[Herman]

all the best next week, bruce!