RunningAHEAD - Topic: D'oh -- I jinxed myself!

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 11/21/2008 at 1:35 PM

I was just saying to someone yesterday that I have somehow managed to never fall while running, even though I am a major klutz. Heh, guess what I just did about a half mile into my run...? Hit an icy stretch on a downhill section of sidewalk and down-I-went. Only my pride got a bit bruised. Blush

I kind of chuckled once I dusted the snow off and continued on. Guess the YakTrax would have been a good idea. There wasn't really any clear pavement on my run. Is it really not even Thanksgiving, yet...? Confused

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

jEfFgObLuE

I've got a fever...

posted: 11/21/2008 at 1:37 PM

It's good that you've gotten it out of your system. Now you're set up for a slip-free winter.

On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 11/21/2008 at 1:42 PM

Quote from jEfFgObLuE on 11/21/2008 at 1:37 PM:

It's good that you've gotten it out of your system. Now you're set up for a slip-free winter.

Or it's like peeing after a few beers...perhaps I "broke the seal." Black eye

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

jEfFgObLuE

I've got a fever...

posted: 11/21/2008 at 4:10 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 11/21/2008 at 1:42 PM:

Or it's like peeing after a few beers...perhaps I "broke the seal."

I second thought, I think you're right. Good luck with that.

On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 11/21/2008 at 4:15 PM

Quote from jEfFgObLuE on 11/21/2008 at 4:10 PM:

I second thought, I think you're right. Good luck with that.

I know...I should probably quit while I'm ahead and hang up the running shoes until at least May. Cry

Yeah...right. Evil grin

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Aimster

Mitch & Pete's Mom

posted: 11/21/2008 at 4:46 PM

Poor Zoomy, want me to make up the couch for you here? It's 75 and slightly overcast. It was a perfect 50 and foggy at 6 am this morning.

Carlsbad 1/2 marathon 1/26.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 11/21/2008 at 5:06 PM

Oh, 50 and foggy...that sounds heavenly! And no risk of me falling (unless I simply doof-out and trip over my own feet or a pinecone or something...). Big grin

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Go PRE

Member Since 2008

posted: 11/22/2008 at 3:43 AM

I did that last winter and have been battling hip and leg problems ever since.

theyapper

On the road again...

posted: 11/22/2008 at 7:24 AM

Quote from Go PRE on 11/22/2008 at 3:43 AM:

I did that last winter and have been battling hip and leg problems ever since.

Peeing after a few beers hurt your hip??!! Shocked

I write. I read. I run. One time, I ran a lot on my 50th birthday.

Paul

Bugs

posted: 11/23/2008 at 10:58 AM

Hey Zoom! The problem is you've been such a speedster! I've been driving to my favorite trail because I just know its days are numbered. What causes a few stumbles for me each year is ice chunks, with a light covering of snow. I can't see the chunk and boom I'm sitting on the sidewalk feeling very silly.

Bugs

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 11/23/2008 at 11:48 AM

Quote from Bugs on 11/23/2008 at 10:58 AM:

What causes a few stumbles for me each year is ice chunks, with a light covering of snow. I can't see the chunk and boom I'm sitting on the sidewalk feeling very silly.

I have had a LOT of close calls due to that stuff...the plows seem to kick those little things off. I'm amazed that I haven't sprained an ankle after planting a foot on one of those suckers.

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Bugs

posted: 11/23/2008 at 9:23 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 11/23/2008 at 11:48 AM:

I have had a LOT of close calls due to that stuff...the plows seem to kick those little things off. I'm amazed that I haven't sprained an ankle after planting a foot on one of those suckers.

I think deep inside they are laughing at me when they knock me down. Not all bad having snow though, my kids thing they are getting ripped. They were able to ride bike today, apparently building snowmen would have been more fun.

Bugs

thomasruns

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posted: 11/23/2008 at 10:12 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 11/21/2008 at 1:35 PM:

Hit an icy stretch on a downhill section of sidewalk and down-I-went.

At least you had a valid excuse for your fall. I would have gladly traded my metal pole incident for a patch of ice! Glad to hear your pride was all that was damaged.

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Bugs

posted: 11/23/2008 at 11:52 PM

Quote from thomasruns on 11/23/2008 at 10:12 PM:

At least you had a valid excuse for your fall. I would have gladly traded my metal pole incident for a patch of ice!

Oh, that sounds really painful. You didn't stick your tongue on it did you?

Bugs

thomasruns

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posted: 11/24/2008 at 12:18 AM

Quote from Bugs on 11/23/2008 at 11:52 PM:

Oh, that sounds really painful. You didn't stick your tongue on it did you?

Ha! No that would have been better.. I stuck it into my leg and then thanks to Zoomy's advice I got a tetanus shot. At least the city replaced the sign that was missing in less than a week and my leg is 99% healed now.

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"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - [Walter Bagehot]

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