I had just taken off on my early morning run. My left calve / hamstring was screaming at me because it has been injured for quite some time. As I ran a little bit further the pain started to subside and I was getting into my groove. The birds were chirping, the sun was starting to peak over the horizon, the scenery to the left of me was beautiful, and my new bright lime green shoes felt great! I said to myself with a sigh, "peace..."
With out warning (with this kind of thing there is never a warning) the front of my shoe clipped a boulder jutting out of the ground, it sent me flying with my momentum going forward and down quickly. My quads tried to activate and save my body from hitting the ground. I was pretty much in lunge position for a few steps and than.... Skid... I finally hit the ground and went sliding into a thorny weed, I stopped inches from a barbed wire fence. I lay there for 2 seconds looked around, realized I survived and popped right up. You know like in the movies where some one falls and than quickly gets up and says, "I'm okay!" That was me this morning. Fortunately no one was around to witness this glorious event. If they were, I probably would have laughed even harder than I was already.
I quickly brushed the thorns off my back, arm, and legs and kept moving. I was hoping my quads were strong enough to handle the force so I did not sustain any further injuries. I figured running it off was better than hobbling home. This all happened before the end of my first mile. Into my second mile about 3 minutes later I started giggling, than 5 minutes went by and more giggling came. I thought it was hilarious, I had just biffed it and I was still moving!
Now that I think about it, it is kind of a bummer no one witnessed this graceful event, because I could have been someones early morning commute entertainment. The story to tell the co-workers when they got to work! The story would go like this, " Dude, I was driving to work this morning when I saw a lady running, all the sudden out of no where she went flying, slid into some bushes and almost hit the fence! It was awesome! Serves her right for running!"
Now that I think about it, it is kind of a bummer no one witnessed this graceful event, because I could have been someones early morning commute entertainment. The story to tell the co-workers when they got to work! The story would go like this, " Dude, I was driving to work this morning when I saw a lady running, all the sudden out of no where she went flying, slid into some bushes and almost hit the fence! It was awesome! Serves her right for running!"
Yup, you gotta love running!
