Well this race was a complete mess. First off it was not an official race now because the County Parks Officers shut it down because the group putting on the race didn't have the right permit. Not to Officials out there don't shut down a race the morning of the race. The only reason the County Parks officer was out there was because they new someone had a permit for the facilities it just makes you look like A--HOLES!! Let the group go on their way and make the organizer come in and fill out the right permit Monday morning. All you do is wreck people from having a good time and now yu have 70 runners out there and what do you think they are going to do? Run of course!! So it turned out to be an unofficial race that everyone started together right in front of the Parks Officer. The big finish line clock did not start but everyone has a watch and nows what they ran the course in. So the start of the even started about as good as the rest of the race for me.
Within the first 2 miles I rolled my ankle slightly which made me think about slowing down but of course I did not. Mile one was at 7:20 pace which is 40 seconds fast than last years average mile pace for the entire race. I was feeling good so I continued along. I crossed the stream crossing and was continuing on strong then the trail got even rockier and the shadows and bright sunshine were making it more difficult to see the topography of the ground more difficult. I would say somewhere around mile 4 I missed a step and rolled the ankle really hard. It was one stopped me in my tracks. One uy passed me and asked if I was ok of course I said I'll be fine. Then I started to walk then back to a slow jog. At this point I was in pain practically walking now and dealling with a lot of rocks and shadows and I still have to cross the stream again in which the footing is difficult to control. Got through the water again then from there you get a 1/4 mile on a bike trail then a little easier trails with more dirt then rock. At that point my pace picked back up into the 7:20's but the damage to my time already happened. Needless to say I would say I finished strong considering and got my little goody bag even though it was not an official race! Ran home showered put a compression sleeve on my ankle and ran to hockey with Jacob. Now just trying to heal up before this coming weekend.
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