Tonight's Janathon run took place in the woods; in the dark. I am now immune to the scary nature of running around the woods in the dark. What I'm not immune to is falling over. Tonight I fell over.
Stacked it.
Lost my footing.
Plunged.
Sprawled.
Went arse over tit.
Lost balance.
Tumbled over.
Went headlong into the floor.
Whatever way you want to say it, it happened.
I was running across some particularly uneven ground, being very careful so not to trip, but not careful enough. As I found myself falling towards the floor, I did what every brave, athletic soul would do: I went into the old SAS roll to save serious injury. This would have been fine if it had not recently rained leaving a lot of water in close vicinity. Suffice to say if anyone was watching they would have seen me doing a roly poly through a muddle puddle. Furthermore, this was not without injury:
- Grazed elbow
- Two grazed knees
- Painful thumb
- Swollen finger
I even have proof of injury….
Total Janathon mileage = 49.35
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It might need amputating 😦
You may be right!
Ouch
Enough said
eina! (as we say in Afrikaans :))
Running thru the woods in the dark?! As they say in Glasgow “you’re pure hard, man”
Do you wear a head lamp? I`ve tripped and sprawled too and the worst bit is when you`re down and wondering if you`re too injured to run.
You know what they say, if you haven’t fallen over, you aren’t really trying! Consider yourself gnarly! Glad you are OK, though!
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Ouch! This Janathon is a dangerous game!
Oh no! I hope you are now fully recovered and that your finger hasn’t fallen off.
It did fall off but was successfully reattached!