Today’s final trail run of 9.5 miles was supposed to be an
easy maintenance run. For most of
the run, it was just that.
However, with about half a mile left, my foot caught a root that been
broken off and the raised sharp end faced in my direction.
The root caught my right shoe and punctured the shoe’s top
mesh and stayed. I was literally
hooked. I went down without the
root moving and my body briefly hung in mid air parallel to the ground just
before as I bit the dirt.
The picture to the left shows my Brooks Cascadia shoes with
the left shoe punctured near the little toe. Fortunately, the root did not hit my foot and there was no scraping
or injury.
It did however surprise and scare me. I had to sit up and back the left foot
out from the root to get free. Although
I had been running on the trail for over an hour and a half and my leg muscles
were loose and warm, I knew my body would ache later.
I was lucky nothing else hurt and I had not injured myself
here one week before BB50K!
The remainder of my tapering will be run on paved roads to
reduce any chance of injury from trail running. My legs are conditioned for the 50K. The next few days will be only
maintained low mileage.
I think I’m ready.
Gotta run,
Chuck
The Vagabond Runner.
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