Today, I ran my first race since my stress fracture injury. I was a nervous wreck because my training hasn’t been that great. I’ve had to skip a lot of runs due to work and my out patient surgery I had a couple of weeks ago. However, I really think that helped my foot recover even more. I felt okay about the course because I have ran that a ton of times and always like to run Trinity Trails for my longer runs. I know that for the most part it’s a pretty flat course so I wasn’t worried about that part. I was worried about maybe pushing it too fast and hurting my foot again. I’ve very competitive when it comes to racing. I’m competitive with myself only. I know what I’m capable of and know when to push and back off, but this injury has really tested my patience. When I was training for this, I wanted to run my normal fast pace, but my foot would hurt and had no choice but to back off. I had to learn to listen to my body and run what I could tolerate. Yes, lots and lots of patience with this training and stress fracture recovery.
I ran and felt good during my run. I didn’t feel my foot hurt at all. I was so relieved and knew half way through that I was going to be okay. I started passing people up and felt strong. Toward the end and last two miles, I started counting to see how many girls I can pass up. It’s a mental game I play with myself. It was nice to see Eddie and my son, Noah underneath the finish sign. Eddie taking pictures as I crossed the finish line. They are my best cheerleaders and happy they came to see me.
There were 487 who ran the half marathon. My results: I came in 42nd place overall, I placed 13 out of 298 females, and placed 1st in my age group out of 39. My pace per mile was 8:08. I’m very happy with that! Time to focus on Goofy Half/Marathon in 8 weeks!!! YIKES!
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