Aaaaargh!!! Not Again!

On Tuesday I joined the Nitros for the weekly Flyover Repeats session. It was a deathly hot & humid day albeit with a little breeze but I was feeling pretty motivated and had targeted 8 repeats. For safety sake, we always run facing oncoming traffic and along the very edge of the flyover. At the end of my 3rd repeat, I landed on one of the reflecters placed along the sides of the road. Lost my balance, stumbled and almost (almost - but didn't) fell flat on my face. In that stumble and between trying to catch myself, I twisted my ankle good and proper. Ow. 

Hobbled my bruised ego and twisted ankle across the road and slowly tested my ankle to check the extend of damage. It was a little painful but I could put weight on it. I slowly walked back to Haddows Park and after getting home iced it for a bit. Now, three days later, the swelling has subsided and its only painful to touch. I am super-glad that it wasn't any more serious than a bad twist. I am going to give it one more week before resuming running just to be on the safe side. But aaargh!! This is very annoying!  

Ooh! News flash: My TCS 10K application got confirmed. I'm in! Off to Bangalore then!

Running in the Background

This has probably been the longest I've gone without posting (while still being consistent with the running). I've been running quite often with the Nitros gang and its nice to see the resulting, steady improvement in pace and stamina. A dental complication & ensuing surgery sort of disrupted my weekend schedule and I had to skip my hour-long runs two weeks in a row. But I've been getting in some good fly-over repeats, speed drills and tempo runs.

My average pace which was hovering at around 7'15" has come down to 6'45" which is quite cool. But I really need to do another 10K soon to understand where I am at vis-a-vis my goal. I did register for the TCS 10K in Bangalore and am waiting for the confirmation of my spot in the Open 10K race. If it comes through, I'll need to train towards it and be ready for it by May 21st. 

Heres hoping it comes through.