Progression Run - 10 miles w/ last 15 min. moderate. Average pace: 9:53. Pace for furst 8.3 miles: 10:11. Pace for last 1.78 miles: 8:26.
5:45 am: 21°F, 60% humidity, wind not a factor.
About 5.5 miles into my run (so as as far away from home as I get on this route) I was running on a crude dirt trail across an open space along a main road. I had just gotten across the open space to the point where the dirt trail ends and the sidewalk picks up. My left toe caught on the edge of the sidewalk and I went down hard. I lay there face down on the sidewalk for a minute, then slowly rolled over and got myself up. I looked myself over, walked a few steps, and then started running and finished the run. I had taken my gloves off at that point, and I scraped up both hands, my left knee, and my chin. I drew blood in all those places, but only a little bit. Throughout the rest of the run I periodically had shooting pains in my right hand, and at one point I tried to put my gloves back on and really had trouble getting my right glove on. I can't lift anything with my right hand now. I think I might need an x-ray. I'll call my doctor in a little while. I banged my left knee too, but I think it is ok. I'm having a hard time typing. It's the ring finger and pinky on my right hand that are really hurting, so I'm typing normally with my left hand and hunting and pecking with the index finger of my right hand and making lots of corrections.
*Update*
My hand is feeling a little better. I can make a fist now, which I couldn't do before. I think I'll hold off for a while on calling the doctor and see what happens with my hand. | 