Funny how things work out. I made a smart decision (in my mind) to skip the Seaton Trail 50 miler last weekend due to horrible weather conditions. As you can see, only 3 runners were able to finish.
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| There were 49 starters and 3 finishers. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been #4. |
OK. So that was the "good decision". The next day, of course, the weather was fine,so, consumed by guilt for skipping my first 50 miler, I went for a long run in the ravine. Had I attempted the 50 miler, I wouldn't have run on Sunday. Everything in the ravine was pretty wet from the downpour the day before, and here's where I made a tiny little "bad decision" that is likely going to cost me a month or more of running. There's a log ramp over a tree trunk, and I've gone over it lots of times. I'll get a photo of it next time I'm down there. It's just as easy to go around rather than over, but I guess I was feeling good, so I went for it. Anyhow, up one side,no problem, and down the other.... Uh,oh, zero traction on the down-slope and I go "Charlie Brown" again and land hard, hitting my back on the edge of the half-cut log.
I managed the walk home after getting my breath back, and had x-rays done last Thursday. My Doctor's clinic was closed Friday-Tuesday due to Easter, so I find out tomorrow how bad things are.
It only hurts when I laugh, cough, hiccup or breath.
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