Running With LeMire

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.

Tested out my ankle this morning to make sure that I can run tomorrow morning. It felt pretty good even with the fartliks so I should be ok. The true test will be how it feels on uneven grass on the golf course.

Ran in the SDSU Classic this weekend for the second time since graduating college and the last time I ran was 2013. My time in 2013 was 32:58 and this past weekend it was 32:10 on a swollen ankle from last Sundays trail run. Overall it was a pretty good race in which I felt strong until about mile 3 then the last 1.92 miles felt pretty tough. At that point in the race I was kind of stuck in no mans land yet again which the guy in front of me was just over a minute and I ran the last 2k by myself. Two young college punks did close the gap between me and them in the last 200 yards but I had built up just enough of a gap that they couldn't get me but it was a close call.  It was fun to see some old friends and toe the line with some super fast kids that will probably be running at the NCAA Division National Championships this November.

Ran 2 mile warm up, 8K race then cooled down watching the Divisions I Lady's 5k in which there are some fast chicks. SDSU represented well in the meet and it was nice having the boys cheering me on since it was a loop course they got to see and cheer for me a lot. Loops 1k, 1k, 2k, 2k, 2k = 8k

We finished  off the day with tailgating before the big SDSU NDSU football game in which we lost but had fun.

My ankle held up good but is a little stiff and still a little swollen.