My 1st Running Injury

i got injured last night at the 1st session of the nike running clinic in ultra. for what it's worth, at least it didn't happen during the orientation. ha ha ha.

the coaches asked us to do four laps around the oval. that's four 400 meters run and it's just the warm up. i have been mostly walking on 5km fun run so this is something very new and unfamiliar. i haven't run anything more than 200 meters.

the first lap was fine. i was at the tail of my group but im keeping up. towards the end of lap 2 the fine feeling was gone. what the f*** did i get myself into? i am running alone, my group is several meters ahead of me. i ran still but i promised my self i'll stop after the 3rd lap, after all 3 is better than 2 di ba? he he he. at the next curve, i saw my group stretching already. silly me wants to take my bib and discreetly jump out of the field. reminds me of stint at active & fitness run. shhhh. apparently, someone is waiting for me at the end.

coach: mag stretching tayo

me: ok. kunin ko lang yung water ko

TOINK!

i tripped! after one step i must have shown pain all over my face so coach hurried back to assist me. i sat on the grass and i was about to remove my shoes but coach stopped me, he said it might swell. that didn't help, it scared me. waaaah! after five minutes or so the pain was not as much. coach john gave me a one on one stretching. woohoo! but after that they decided to put me on the chair. had to put an ice on my ankle.

now tell me, who else gets himself injured after a warm up? on the grass? waaaaah!

actually its not just my fault, it's ultra's fault as well. why would they have a sloping part on that grass? i didn't get to take a closer look but it looks like a drain. oh well! better luck next time.