Redmond City Marathon: #30, with a Sprained Ankle
Today I ran my 30th marathon (since 2024) at the Redmond City Marathon race, finishing in 3:38:33 (watch time) with pace 8’20”/mi. It also extended an unusual streak for me: 7 straight weeks of running HM or longer!
This was my first marathon raced by HR, and that part mostly went to plan: I got avg/max HR of 149/159 bpm. The bigger challenge in the second half was actually not keeping my HR down, but getting it up. My legs were prematurely tired mainly due to a very silly mistake happened early in the race: I stored gels in the shallow part of my vest pockets, and they went flying at ~2.6mi mark! I stepped onto the unpaved edge to retrieve them, and proceeded to spraining my left ankle!
Running on it didn’t feel too bad and I thought I had cheated disaster. It started to rear its ugly head around the famous mile 20. Well, this is what it is – at least I managed to have a strong-ish finish in the last 2+mi!
Not the race I originally imagined, but sometimes sh*t happens (okay, most of the times). My next marathon is ~24 weeks out –- a lot of training to do, but I have the time! Onward!
Originally posted on LinkedIn.