TNT was out at Waterfall Glen, as well as a girls high school cross country team. I ran the trail in the counter direction, since this has been reported as more difficult. The run was progressing well. I heard the cicadas throughout, and shrieks from female runners when the cicadas landed on them.
All was fine until the 7 mile water stop. I stopped, took a drink, and started running again. However, at this point, I felt a sharp pain in my right leg that I had not felt before I stopped. A cramp? A hamstring issue? I ran through it thinking if it was a cramp, it would diminish. I ran my slowest mile, but then I ran my fastest mile. Still not sure what happened.
Then, later in the day, I rolled my ankle. So now, I had two issues. The ankle seemed to be the worse problem, in terms of affecting running. The plan now is to take three days off, first time I've really deviated from plan in 5 months. We'll see where I'm at on Wednesday.
