Las Vegas Marathon Blog

I wanted to quit so bad. My ankles hurt from the get go. Finally, when I warmed up I needed to use the bathroom. Because I was running around Campus Lake at SIUC, I thought I could quickly use the bathrooms by the beach. No can do. They were locked. I decided to try to continue running, albeit very uncomfortably. My stomach was cramping, and even my shoulders hurt. Something was wrong with my left shoe. It felt like they were on too tight. I stopped a couple of times to re-tie them and move my sock around. It didn’t help. It especially hurt while I was rounding around the trail. When I got done, the top of my foot right below my ankle, felt bruised. The trail was crowded and it seemed like I was going to run into people almost every second. I cut my run short. I don’t even know how far I ran. The first lap was great, but when I took that non-existent pit stop, it threw my whole game off. I ran for 45 minutes and called it a day. I just hope that this weekend will be better. I know today’s run is very important. Oh well? There’s nothing else I can do. I’ll just focus on this weekend.