Hello again,
Well, as of Friday the doctor did not have the results of my x-ray of my ankle from the previous Wednesday. The ankle had been feeling better over the past day (I could go upstairs with no pain, and coming sown stairs was less painful) and I was getting around better. Since I had picked up my timing chip at the expo (and bought a new pair of Asics running shoes), I decided to go downtown and walk the 5K race and skip the 15K mini. I wrapped the snot out of my ankle with vet-wrap (a cheap alternative to Koban) and headed downtown.
When I got downtown Sunday morning it was a beautiful day for running. The temperature was 41 degrees with a windchill of 30 and it was windy. I got down to the starting area and walked a little and took a quick "gingerly" jog to see how my ankle was feeling. At about 3 minutes before race time the rain started falling.
When the race started, I started out at a slow pace (or what I thought was a slow pace). At the first mile marker I was 50 seconds ahead of my marathon pace with no ankle pain!!! I kept on going and maintained a pretty good pace. At the last mile marker I decided to push it and finished my last mile in 10:09, which was very exciting for me given my ankle issues and the fact that I only need to maintain a 11:25 mile to meet my second marathon goal (finish in under 5 hours).
I went home and took some ibuprofen, ate lunch and headed back out to coach 2 soccer games alter that afternoon.
It looks like I am still in the running for the pig!!! My first goal for the Pig is, of course, to finish the entire 26.2 miles.
Peace everyone,
Philippians 4:13
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