This was an interesting day. I finished the 20 mile Hope to Hobble trail run. There was a lot of hiking involved and I stayed with my friend Julia the entire time. We had a good time. I knew it was going to be an adventure doing 20 miles on the trails but it was indeed quite the epic experience!
I know that my cordination sucks on the trails but Sat definitely reiterated that. I fell on the steep decent right at mile 13. I fell hard....like really really hard. Ripped my tempo shorts, spilled my jelly beans, blood everywhere, dirt in my face, fanny pack/water belt thingy went flying.....it was like a scene out of a movie! The dramatic fall was just kind of expected from me but what happened afterwards was a bit scary. I jumped up quickly and told Julia with blood dripping everywhere that I was completely fine and we could carry on. She just kind of glared at me and was like ahhhh are you sure? No, no I was very not sure. I was very dizzy, kind of seeing stars, hands were clammy, hmm maybe I wasn't fine. She talked me into drinking some fluids, and somehow even convinced me to sit down in my bloody and delirious state...on a rock in the middle of the mountain. I remember telling her "this is ridiculous we need to just finish the run, I'm being so dramatic right now." As she tells the story I then flung my hands in the air, fell backwards and had a seizure. It scared the crap out of her. She said my eyes rolled into the back of my head, I quit breathing, and it looked like I swallowed my tounge. ha seriously someone make a movie about this stuff!
I think I just blacked out? Not sure why exactly but it was definitely scary and I am really glad Julia was with me. She sat me up, told me to breathe, and just made sure I got plenty of fluids. We debated about getting a ride back to the cars with Amber Andrews and her husband but I somehow talked Julia into the idea that I was fine to finish the run. So we finished. I am arguably an idiot and need to realize that my body is not resilent. This was definitely a humbling experience for me and I'm really glad I'm okay. I am anemic and think this may have had something to do with me passing out...I don't know but it's not the first time it's happened to me and I'm just glad it wasn't worse and that I was able to finish. I really really wanted to finish!
I am pretty beat up from the fall and kind of look like a train wreck but other than that I'm fine and still glad I did it. :) My left knee is bruised really bad and running is a bit awkward but other than that all is well.
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