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Dumbest or funniest running injury (Read 77 times)

Docket_Rocket


    Ouch!  Recover well.

    Damaris

     

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    DanFuller


    5K Specialist

      The ribs only hurt now when I am doing planks.

      They never put a cast on my hand. Still some pain and I have problems gripping, but it isn't too bad.

       

      Ouch!  Recover well.

      Personal Bests:

      800M - 2:38 (5/28/13) | 1 Mile -5:54 (5/28/13) | 3K - 11:55 (12/29/12) | 2M - 13:00 (12/1/12) | 5K - 20:00 (4/12/13) | 13.1M - 1:37:24 (2/3/13)

      scottydawg


      Barking Mad To Run

        Bruised face after I once ran right into the butt/flank of a police horse.  Those dang police horses are really BIG and FIRM too....after I hit it I was bounced back on my keister about 2 feet...

         

        Got some road rash running in Wales when I fell over a sheep.....

        "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt

        DanFuller


        5K Specialist

          Bruised face after I once ran right into the butt/flank of a police horse.  Those dang police horses are really BIG and FIRM too....after I hit it I was bounced back on my keister about 2 feet...

           

          You win. 

          Personal Bests:

          800M - 2:38 (5/28/13) | 1 Mile -5:54 (5/28/13) | 3K - 11:55 (12/29/12) | 2M - 13:00 (12/1/12) | 5K - 20:00 (4/12/13) | 13.1M - 1:37:24 (2/3/13)

          PADRunner


             

            Odd.  I guess real Texans drive big pickup trucks and only sissies walk on sidewalks.

             

            I've got one like that and trucks keep backing into it! It was broken once but usually just get's pushed around. Right nw it's about 6 inches back from the curb.

            Zelanie


              I think the second time I fell and skinned my knee in the exact same spot I had fallen earlier took some serious talent on my part.

              DanFuller


              5K Specialist

                I think the second time I fell and skinned my knee in the exact same spot I had fallen earlier took some serious talent on my part.

                 

                At least you avoided a second scar.

                Personal Bests:

                800M - 2:38 (5/28/13) | 1 Mile -5:54 (5/28/13) | 3K - 11:55 (12/29/12) | 2M - 13:00 (12/1/12) | 5K - 20:00 (4/12/13) | 13.1M - 1:37:24 (2/3/13)

                Zelanie


                   

                  At least you avoided a second scar.

                   

                  The first time I just broke my phone, but avoided breaking any skin.  Luckily it was a $20 phone, and learning how to go about replacing a $20 phone but keeping the same number was a very good task for getting used to a new country in the first week of being there.   With the next fall I got to learn about the types of medicines and bandages were available at the local pharmacy!

                  Love the Half


                    For the 2014-2015 winter, I bought me some serious cold weather gear.  One night the temperature was finally going to drop below zero so I wanted to try it out when it was at its absolute coldest.  I waited until around 11:00 p.m. to head out the door.  During the run, I ran into a pine tree branch and scratched my right cornea.  Badly.  I have had one minor surgical procedure on the eye and it still hasn't healed completely.  So, that was pretty damn stupid.

                    Currently, I am recovering from surgery for a torn meniscus.  I tore it turning to hang up a pair of pants in my closet.

                    Short term goal: 17:59 5K

                    Mid term goal:  2:54:59 marathon

                    Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life.  (I started running at age 45).

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