A really dangerous run however I’m fairly fortunate.

First got here shock, then got here ugly crying on the aspect of the highway for five minutes.

We have been doing a one mile pace interval, and we have been at a 5:45 tempo. I used to be immediately behind my buddies, and earlier than we realized it, there was a sinkhole (I want the image would do it justice as a result of it was large). It’s the strangest feeling to count on your foot to hit the bottom, after which it doesn’t; I flew. The one factor that went via my mind as I fell was what my BIL taught me, “tuck and roll.” My BIL is the BYU Cosmo Coach and dunk crew coach, so he is aware of all about falling. I’m completely satisfied I tucked and rolled as a result of if I had put my palms out, I feel I might have snapped my wrist or one thing. I landed on my aspect and simply lay on the bottom for a bit earlier than making an attempt to stand up.

I fell proper in entrance of the Utah Valley Marathon race director. It occurred proper in entrance of his home, and he seemed on the sinkhole and mentioned that it needed to have occurred inside the final day or two, so I referred to as town to allow them to know as a result of this might trigger extra critical issues for a biker going sooner than me. It was humorous as a result of I’ve emailed this specific race director for years about promoting, and so forth., and this was my first time assembly him, sobbing in his entrance yard.

Fortunately, simply the pores and skin hurts, and my buddy taking this image with us is the BYU athletic coach, so he was ready to try it, too.

I really feel foolish about how upset I’m over my favourite gloves, however at the least they saved my palms from scraping up, too! I really like these gloves a lot.