Laura's Smile Mile 5K 2012 Recap

It was a beautiful day for a run at the lakefront on Saturday for the race, and I made the most of it.  Here were the goals I went into the race with:

• Don't Make My Injury Worse
• Just Finish
• Finish in 31.24
• Finish in 29.06

I can't  believe it, but I accomplished all four goals.  The race wasn't chip timed, so my time in unofficial, but I'm still proud of running a 28.50.  That is 16 seconds, or about 5 seconds a mile, faster than my best time.  I'm just smiling at imagining what I could have done on two good legs!

In terms of my leg injury, I'm happy to report I did not make my injury worse.  My leg still hurts, and hurt on every stride of the race, but it isn't any worse.  If anything, the calf is better, but my lower leg is sore.  I'm assuming this is from compensating for the injury.  I'm continuing the ice, heat & stretching, so I expect I will be back to 100% soon.