I raced great...felt fantastic...then I hit mile 12 which was the top of the Cape Fear Bridge and tripped on the grating. I fell hard...on my knees and right side. I couldn't even move. A guy who had been pacing with me stopped when I fell, picked up and put my on the side of the bridge. A cop car drove up...and I got inside. I had cut my knees, palms, and my upper lip (a pic even made it in the newspaper). I got in the car and the cop asked me if I wanted to go back to the finish line in an ambulance...I was so close to the end that I said, I think I want to finish. He told me to wipe the blood from my face. I did and got out of the car and hobbled to the end. I was REALLY sore afterwards. Both knees were bruised, my lip could have used stitches and I bruised my right hip and side. Later I found out that I torn a chest wall muscle but did do the final damage until the Kiawah Island Marathon a month later where I had a complete tear of my chest wall muscle. I made one trip to urgent care and two trips to the ER and they could not find out what was causing my pain...they thought gallstones. A chest xray finally showed the tear!

Nothing...maybe be more cautious next time on the bridge.

Thank you medical tent for cleaning up my cuts and scrapes!!