Yesterday I headed out with the intention of completing a half-marathon distance. I decided to try out Jeff Galloway's run/walk method (you run for a certain period of time and then walk for a couple of minutes). On the DFMC discussion board, our trainer encouraged us to try out walking 1-2 minutes after running 30 minutes. This method worked for me and has made a huge difference! For every 30 minutes I ran, I would stop to walk, drink from my fuel belt, and stretch out my legs for about a minute, then I would start up again.
I started out running towards the Museum of Science on Memorial Drive. I then looped around to the other side of the Charles River and ran to the River Street bridge. Then I turned around and did the same loop back. As I passed 10 miles, I felt really good and felt like I could really finish the distance with energy remaining.
Then I tripped at mile 11 and landed on the sidewalk on Memorial Drive! It was extremely disappointing. Thank god I didn't get really hurt, but my right knee started to hurt and was all scraped up. There was a runner who was behind me and I can only imagine what she was thinking. Before falling, I probably already looked rather amusing, wearing my fuel belt around my waist. But then to hit the pavement in such an ungraceful manner, must have been a sight! Ha!
On Kishore's insistence, I had my cell phone on me. I immediately called him and he thankfully came to pick me up. I was really upset though and was terribly disappointed at not reaching my goal. If it were marathon day, I would have picked myself up and continued running. But seeing as how I still have 2 months still to go, I didn't want to run on my right leg especially without first checking whether I had really hurt myself.
So that's how I ended up hitting the pavement on Memorial Drive. Believe it or not, it's not the first time that I have fallen on Mem. Drive! Hopefully that mysterious piece of raised sidewalk that I tripped over doesn't reappear during the Marathon :). Wish me luck!
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