Saturday, November 8, 2008

Rocky Raccoon ups and downs

Today was a new experience to say the least. I ran my first ultra marathon today. My day started out with me oversleeping and getting up with only 30 minutes till the race started. I made the start in time to stretch for a few minutes then we were off. Honestly all was great till about mile 13 when I felt a blister on the inside of my left foot. Someone gave me a piece of something called second skin and told me to pop the blister then apply the patch. Lets just say it did not work. but letting the fluid out helped alot and didn't allow the blister to get worse. All went great after that till I got to the bridges over the swamp. I had not fallen all day which was great then one the bridge I hit a board that had worked its way up. Istill don't know how I missed it the first time. I fell and it hurt like fire. I got back up and continued to run but my left ankle killed me the rest of the race causing me to walk alot more then I wanted to. I finished with what I believe was a 6hr 37min ill know for sure when they post the times. I came home and did something i have never done before. I took an ICE bath. I can say so far it has worked but it was really cold. I'm happy that I finished and I am looking forward to the Sunmart.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats on your first Ultra! You'll need to post photos of your "battle wounds".

Adrienne Langelier, MA said...

Sounds like an ultra to me-blisters and all! My kneecaps will never be the same after HSP. Congrats on the new distance!

Ice baths = awesome!

Anonymous said...

Good job! I have no plans on ever running a regular marathon. Ultras are where it's at.

WalkSports.com said...

Well done, Norman. I'll catch up with you some time this week.

Friday would be the best.

Norman said...

Thank you everyone. Yes the ice worked great. Next is Sunmart.