Beautiful 50 degree weather at the start this morning for the Mini-Marathon. Too bad, I had a bothersome ankle that now post-race is developing into an ugly bruise. I thought about dropping out of the race at about mile 6. I didn't want to exacerbate an injury that might prevent me from someday running a full marathon. At mile 7, either the pain has numbed feeling in the ankle or it's subsided, but I no longer felt pain with every step. I get in a couple of good miles and then the pain comes back in and out for the remaining race. Somehow, I finished, and even managed to have exactly the results I expected though not hoped for.
Split times:
5 mile- 44:32
10 mile- 1:35:17
Last 5k- 29:29
Finish- 2:04:45
Overall pace- 9:32
