6 miles. I parked my car 2 miles from the finish of the Utah Valley Marathon and ran back along the course 4 miles to mile 20 so I could cheer for people I know and run Melanie in. I met Melanie at mile 20 and started running with her.
2 miles later I was looking over at her talking when I stepped on a small rock in the middle of a little gravel in the road and ROLLED MY ANKLE! My right ankle, the one I sprained in March! It still has a big bump on it from the sprain three months ago. It hurt bad when I did it, but I hoped the pain would quickly go away, sometimes sprains are like that. I sat down on the curb and the pain only got worse. I really felt like I was going to cry, it hurt so bad. After several minutes I tried to walk and that hurt even more. I called my husband to pick me up.
We drove along the race and cheered for Melanie. I wanted to walk the last .2 down to the finish to see people after the race, but after walking about .03 I decided I couldn't do that. I am seriously having such a bad spring! |