["Last year I was about to run my first 50 mile race.  I had broken my toes a few weeks before and wasn't sure I was going to make it.", "Ouch, that's unfortunate. Hopefully it turned out okay though?", "It did, thankfully I had listened to my doctor's recommendations and it healed up just enough.  It was still a pretty nerve wracking start though."]
I can imagine, talk about bad timing injuring your toes!
About a year ago, I was about to run my first 50 mile race.  I had broken my toe a few weeks prior and was very nervous that it wasn't going to hold up through the race.