Tripped on a Trail!

[halfhazzard]

Doing a run around a park. Dirt bike path. Didn't pick up my foot high enough as the outside toe caught root and I stumbled and fell! I kept running for another 3 minutes (that's how much I had left) and it's a little sore now. I think it'll be fine.

Pick up your feet!

 

[dharmadan]

To your health!

 

[peter.robinson]

Ouch! Hopefully the toe and your pride both heal quickly

 

[halfhazzard]

Ouch! Hopefully the toe and your pride both heal quickly

I fall gracefully.

 

[Bill B]

Did exactly the same thing last fall except I took a header that would have netted a 10 from a Russian judge! As I lay there, I swear my dog was laughing!

 

[jldeleon]

That's why "hazzard" is in your name.

When I trip and fall down on the trail, I pose as a hurdle for nearby runners! Last time, I convinced three people to jump over me!

 

[JosephTree]

Everybody does it once in a while.

It's not the tripping that hurts so much as it is the hard landing.

Carry on and keep lifting those toes!

 

[Bill B]

I'll take tripping any day over slipping on icy, uneven ruts!

 

[jldeleon]

Everybody does it once in a while.

It's not the tripping that hurts so much as it is the hard landing.

Carry on and keep lifting those toes!

I dunno about that, I sprained two different toes on two different occasions, and I am almost positive that one was on the way down TO the ground. What I'm really afraid of is falling onto a root or a rock with my hip! Or tailbone! THAT is EXACTLY why I will not do morning races in the winter. The last winter race I did, I slipped and fell right on my butt - and was just lucky that I did not smash my tailbone. My husband, slipped on an icy bridge and hit his chin...ugh. NEVER again!

 

[JosephTree]

OK, Jen, I bow to the force of your experience in these matters.

I still recommend that we all keep lifting our toes.