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Comments: Started well, I was right at 9:45 for the first mile. Kept my pace in mind and I was really happy with where I was. Jumped in front of a young lady as we headed into the single track, in the front of a group of 6-8 of us. Good thing I did, because as we hit the first jeep trail, I had a lead on the whole group. Kept the legs moving, checked my pace and was still happy. Ducked into the next single track piece and kept the pace going. Until it happened. At about 3.5 I hit a root and turned my left ankle. I slowed down but never stopped. Unfortunately, I figured time goals just went out the window. We came out on Jeep trail and I found I was catching the folks in front of me, the ankle wasn't too bad and I might be able to finish this sucker with a bit of a smile. Back onto single track, half done, moving along pretty good. I stopped looking at the watch, since time was only in the back of my mind. Then it happened again at 6.5, but this time was worse. Same ankle twisted when I hit another root wrong and I went down. CRAP!!!! I was gaining on the 2 run/walk girls in front of me and I was really starting to feel good and I took my eyes off the trail just long enough to make a mess of things. I got up and started walking. OUCH! Thought about a DNF, but there was no way. This would be the second race recently to go that way, and It wasn't gong to happen. Started moving quicker, began to run a bit and tried to loosen things up. Kept going and nearly caught the run walk girls at the very end. Last 3 miles sucked, but I finished it and am happy with the fact that I didn't pack it in after the second twist. What would you do differently?: Watch my step.  Post race
Warm down: Wander to the van, stripped out of the sweaty stuff, went over and got some food and drink. Found my gloves in the lost and found. What limited your ability to perform faster: Twisted ankle. Much like bike riders, there are 2 groups of trail runners, those who have gone down and those who will. I changed groups today. Event comments: This is one of the best races I do. Real nice feel to it, really nice people. There could be more aid stations, but they let you know that before hand, so I plan accordingly. Last updated: 2013-12-18 12:00 AM
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 2014-02-17 8:31 AM |
Master  6834      Englewood, Florida |  Subject: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile |
| 2014-02-17 8:53 AM in reply to: #4950652 |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile OUCH!! Sorry for your double twisted ankle! Like you said, that is one of the dangers of trail running, but it also makes running trails so much more interesting than running roads  . Glad you were able to keep such a positive attitude - of course you always have a positive outlook, so I am not surprised. |
| 2014-02-17 12:39 PM in reply to: amd723 |
| Seattle | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile Bah! A double ankle twist. That's definitely one of the tough parts of trail running. I hope you can rehab and get back to running soon! |
| 2014-02-17 12:44 PM in reply to: Asalzwed |
Member 2098 Simsbury, Connecticut | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile BOOO TO THE ROOTS AND ROCKS THAT GOT YOU!! You still did great and sounds like it was fun! Congrats! |
| 2014-02-17 1:05 PM in reply to: mtnbikerchk |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile Those dang roots can be so sneaky! Hope your ankle injury isn't too severe and you recover quickly. Congrats on finishing out the race! 35* in Tampa?! Wow! |
| 2014-02-17 2:54 PM in reply to: melbo55 |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile Nice job finishing the race despite the twisted ankle. I hope that your ankle is better today! |
| 2014-02-17 3:47 PM in reply to: jmkizer |
Expert 1038 Noosa | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile Well done, make sure you heal that ankle now! |
| 2014-02-17 5:40 PM in reply to: copa2251 |
Veteran 2441 Western Australia | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile Great job Chris, especially for getting up and finishing when it would have been so much easier to set off and DNF. |
| 2014-02-18 12:07 PM in reply to: #4950652 |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile Youch! I think a DNF would have been perfectly acceptable considering the days events, but keep moving you did! Way to HTFU! Hope it's healing well for you. |
| 2014-02-18 9:49 PM in reply to: rrrunner |
Master 4452 | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile Grrrrrrrr...I hate it when the roots grab my feet! Sorry about the ankle, but way to HTFU and finish! |
| 2014-02-19 1:06 PM in reply to: #4950652 |
Champion 10550 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile |
| 2014-02-19 4:54 PM in reply to: #4950652 |
Regular 5477 LHOTP | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile Sorry to hear about your ankle(s) Chris. That sucks. I don't know what to say about you crazy people who finish a race with an injury like that, but you're tenacious for sure. Tenacious C;) Hugs brotha. |
| 2014-02-22 12:07 PM in reply to: switch |
Master 3870 | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile
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Yeeee-ouch! Hope you've been recovering well over the week. Way to finish strong when you had good reason(s) to wave the white flag. | 2014-02-24 10:48 AM in reply to: 4agoodlife |
Royal(PITA) 14270 West Chester, Ohio | Subject: RE: Flatwoods Ramble 10 Mile Wow, you really gutted this one out to finish after twisting the ankle two times. Great job! Hope you heal well! |
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Wake at 5:00 and head up to Tampa at 5:30. Bagel and water in the car. Arrived, checked in and tried to figure out clothing. Luckily, I had brought a bunch of different stuff, as being prepared is part of the deal.
WTF, it was supposed to be in the 50's and it was 35. Warm up was sitting in the van with the heat on and a couple of trips to the nicest bathrooms at a race ever. No using the porta pottie here, the park bathrooms were open. Line