March 5, 2011

I don't like to leave things incomplete: if I say I'm going to do something, I will do it.  So when I started experiencing some serious ankle pain last week, I became nervous about today's 25K trail race.  I stretched, iced, compressed, elevated, and even restricted how much I walked, but nothing seemed to help.  As Thursday and Friday rolled around, I decided I would just walk (read: hobble) the whole course.  Once the race started, I decided to just trot through the start line with the other runners, then walk after about a quarter of a mile.  As it turns out, I have a very high tolerance for pain.  Although the course was incredibly technical and challenging, with parts literally impossible to run, and despite a swollen ankle, I ran the majority of the race, finishing only one hour beyond how I would have finished sans injury.  Next up: Hell's Hills 50K.