Streak day 3 and I was due for a 16.5 mile run. Things started out great but I was going to come face to face with a really big challenge. Around mile 3-4, I took a hard fall from a lifted sidewalk. As I flew through the air, I was hoping I wouldn't break anything since my daughter's birthday party was scheduled later this day. I hit the floor, slid and felt that horrible burning sensation in my right hand and around my left knee. It was bad. I got up and thought about running back to the car and then something happened. The runner in me told me to suck it up and keep going and I did. Armed with the best running friends and 26.2 partner, we kept going. I finished 18 miles instead of 16.5 because I was so shaken, I forgot to start my Garmin and the distance once we turned around and got back was 18.
Tired and sore, but happy, I got home, cleaned up, bandaged myself and off we went to celebrate my daughter's birthday. It ended up being a great day and I got a couple of lessons out of it.
1. Wear a head light on early morning runs - this is a great reason to get to the running store today!
2. You can stop and wonder if you could have made it, or you can keep going and realize you can surpass what you thought you could do. I surpassed!
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