The other night, something happened, that has not happened in a long time. I failed to complete my run. I wound up running 9.5 miles before I had to stop and walk. I should have ended at 7 miles. I made a mistake and I got lucky. I did not injure myself as I was worried. I was able to do a short run the following day.
I was feeling good and planned on doing seven miles. During the run, my legs and feet started to hurt. I thought it was my shoes, so I stopped and untied and retied my laces. It helped for about another mile. Then I got to a point, where if I went left, I would do 7 miles, if I turned around, I would do 9, and if I continued straight, it would be at least 10 or 11.
I went straight. After doing those 2 miles, I was still feeling ok. I should have gone up the hill and took the short way home. It would have been a total of 9 miles and I would have made it, even finishing a little sore. Nope. I went straight with visions of completing the 11 miles and doing one more loop of 2.4 to make it 13.4 miles.
About a half mile into my choice, I knew I made a bad decision. I slowed down and could have walked from there. My run would have been a total of 8 miles, but I pushed on. I then passed the 9 mile mark and still pushed on. At the bottom of the hill, my feet were hurting and my legs sore, that I finally said enough. I walked the last half mile home.
I was disappointed that I filled to finish, however, I was even more disappointed that I almost did something dumb and caused an injury. Looking back at my log, I realized within the past 7 days, I completed an 8 and 9 mile run and then this was another 9.5 mile run. Even with one rest day in there, it was too much. Right now, I will complete a few short 3 and 4 miles and see how I feel in a few days and maybe complete 5 miles.
When have you made a mistake in going too far?
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