Here Goes My Pride: Anyone Ever Faceplanted on a run?

so 1 day in high school (american pie) I was running hurdles in a track meet and my toe clip the top of the hurdle and I came crashing down. There was no saving face or walking that off. it was lie there and wait for the calvary. It took me weeks to live that down. Especially since everyone said I fell in slow motion lol I'm not that dramatic...or am I (pinky to lip Dr. Evil)

:laugh: thnx for this :laugh:

Wow - I'm glad everyone survived to tell their stories :laugh: !!! I am a klutz and am always tripping over things, etc. :blushing:

I was running on a dirt path in the park right after it had been raining (squish-squelsh-squish) and it was 'off-leash' time for dogs - well I was minding my own business jogging and these very adorable large dogs were frolicking right in my path and knocked me
over into the mud! It was pretty funny! I was super muddy, but glad I didn't fall onto any glass. Since it was muddy, it didn't hurt.
I know that it would hurt like hell otherwise b/c I also fell on that very path a few months earlier when it wasn't muddy and got a 2" diameter bloody scab on my knee. This was 6/7 months ago and I can still see the outline from the scab. :sick: :noway:

Anytime that stuff happens I don't mind the embarrassment so much, I'm mostly glad I didn't end up at the hospital :laugh: :bigsmile:

haven't fallen running, but I've highsided on my bike more than once when I couldn't get my clip undone in time

Not a running story, but definately workout related... For execise, I paddle outrigger canoes (http://www.huki.com/index.php?page=V1-X). These boats are very stable on the outrigger side, but a significant weight shift to the other side will usually end up in a huli (hawaiian term for flip over).

One day while working out in Newport Harbor (CA) I started to catch up to a small boat that was covered in young, attractive, bikini clad women. There must have been 8-10 of them, and all probably 18-23 years old. So what do I do? The same thing any other red blooded male would... I paddled harder in order to catch up for a better look. As I got closer, one of them noticed me and started to cheer me on and she was soon joined by her friends. I was feeling really good about myself and was definately showing off the best that I could. Well, as soon as I got even with their boat I looked to my right in order to collect my "reward" of some eye-candy, and what do I see? Nothing but water and the underside of their boat as it went by. Had gotten too caught up in the moment and I flipped my boat right next to them. As I came to the surface, all I heard was histerical laughter as they continued on their way. My male ego was too bruised to give it another try, so I tucked my tail between my legs and paddled back home.

My husband's best friend lives in DC. He rides his bike everywhere, and had just gotten new pedals with straps for the feet. (I'm sure you can see where this is going). Well, on his maiden voyage he came to a red-light, and stopped, and couldn't get his feet out of the straps. He said it was mad busy (am rush hour!), and it was a slow motion fall. He said he had plenty of time to think about it and realize that there was nothing he could do about it. Lol.

BTDT I put BMX pedals on my bike the next week. I got a new touring bike this year and had the pedals swapped before I left the store.

Glad I'm not the only one.

I only do a bit of running but a couple of friends who do run invited me out with them. I was having a great time chatting away, we were off road but it wasn't too rough, next thing I know I'm flying through the air, take most of the impact through my thighs. Slightly embarrassed I jump up insisting I'm fine and carry on running, next thing I know I'm on the floor with my friend saying my name, I had passed out!