Injury!!!
Ok felt great on my 6 mile run... there was some different people in my group this week... one slower... one faster. A woman who does triathalons... she was feeling a bit run down so she was going to run with the "slow" group.
I was determined to keep up with her... and was doing great... Plus I get extra energy when I run behind cute blond women who have poney tails that swing back and forth.
In all seriousness I felt great... I had way more in my tank this time... after the first 2 hills I still hadn't reached a point I felt tired... and we had more pace this time...
We were in the middle of the treatcherous section of the run with alot of roots and low branches... dips and the path was narrow... on the start of a dip my right foot didn't plant firmly and slid about an inch and contacted a root when my ankle rolled inward! I felt the inside crunch... and the inside hurt... but I have done this many times before and knew it would be the outside of my foot that got overstretched and injured... my grunt and stumble.. grabing of a tree limb to keep my balance... caused (forget her name) to turn around and ask if I was ok... I wanted to keep going before it tightened up... but it really hurt... but not anymore running than stopped... we stopped a bit after that to let the rest of the group catch up... and it did tighten up...
the next mile was really tough... and I was managing the pain... but I really felt good... I really wanted to run! with just under 1/2 a mile to go I opened up a bit and really attacked the final set up steps... but then got confused as to if I was to go left or right and had to wait for (forget her name) to catch up...
all in all we probably spent 4 minutes not running waiting for others in our group... yet finished the 6 in 1:08 which is about 11:30 minute miles... and with the terrain and the couple evil hills.. (one is more a cliff you climb...) that is a decent pace for me... at 6 miles..
got a bag of ice on the way home... got a bucket... put foot in it... 5 minutes in... 5 minutes out... 5 reps...
Ibuprophen 800 mg.
this morning 186 (retaining 1/2 pound of water over yesterday... 32 oz gatorade post run & Franks red hot on tuna sandwich for dinner are the cuprits... I'm not concerned about the 1/2 pound aberation)
foot... black & blue strip and one circle on outside of foot redish bruise on inside... it is pretty sore... but now unmanagable... I more worried about the lack of strength and how unstable my ankle feels... I guess that is expected... Ibuprophen 600 mg... will take another 600 at lunch time...
URG I was so going to be in my best shape for that 5k... I have confidence I will be ok to run it... the question is if I will be able to do enought to stay in the shape I am... (perhaps I could hit the eliptical for an hour on sunday... low impact... gets things moving?) rest monday... light jog tues... HIIT wed. (was going to do a trail prediction race but I may opt out if my ankle is still sore)... thurs? we will see... if there is absolutly no pain... I'll do 4 trying to run the 1st mile in 8:45 (try to practice the pace for my 5k first mile)... then back it down to a 9:20 pace for the rest of the way...
