Murphy's Law of Running

When you are not injured, you never think you will be. When you are injured, you never think you will run again.

If something can go wrong it will go wrong halfway through an out and back

Going for a run when it's really hot out.

One my my favorites that can be applied to running.

If it's stupid but it works, it ain't stupid.

When your agent finally gets you into a Golden League meet, someone will trip you in the high jump area.

You're cruising along in a nice residential area. Victorian homes, hedgerows, etc. Approaching from a side street is a sharp looking, smartly dressed gal. You slow your pace to time a meeting at the corner cross walk.

The 100 pound German Shepard she has in tow is sincerely surprised by your sudden appearance and reacts accordingly.

I escaped with only memories of white fangs snapping shut spare inches from my left quad.

Having a great run in Athens, GA., until a sudden uncontrollable urge to deuce comes along. The only cover is the big magnolia tree in Vince Dooley's front yard. Sorry, coach.

ZYMURGY'S FIRST LAW OF EVOLVING SYSTEM DYNAMICS

Once you open a can of worms, the only way to re-can them is to use a larger can.

The line to the port-o-potties before your big marathon will grow 10 times in length just at the moment nature makes its big call.

fdasgfwrfg wrote:

The wind will always switch directions when you do an out-and-back into the wind.

This, in fact, happened to me in a 10k race.

Another:

You have deliberated about whether to sign up for a certain marathon. Finally, seeing that training seems to be going well, you sign up. You then get injured.

You buy a new pair of running shoes and go for a jog only to step in a mound of dog sh!t.

You find the dog and beat it down, but you get blood on your shoes, now you have poo and blood on your shoes.

You start getting into illegal dog fighting because you have a new-found hatred for dogs... only to get arrested!

***You return to the NFL and make millions

lol at the Vick reference

You run the steeple and trip on the barrier. Then, you become enraged and tell everyone the barrier was the wrong height.

Seal it wrote:

Announcing a pass from any side will cause the slower moving runner/jogger/walker ahead of you freeze for a moment then jump to the side you said you were passing from causing an unavoidable collision.

Then the next walker/jogger you pass yells at you for not saying "On your right." This happens to me all the time... In crowded places I'm not going to yell "On your right" three times a minute.

Going for a run on a frosty October morning. Brrrrr!

oosadd wrote:

[quote]Seal it wrote:

Then the next walker/jogger you pass yells at you for not saying "On your right." This happens to me all the time... In crowded places I'm not going to yell "On your right" three times a minute.

This can backfire, because the person you're passing will spend a moment asking him/herself if you mean that you're passing on the right or s/he should move to the right. I can usually get around people, but if two or more are blocking a path, walkway, I'll just say "excuse me" and slip through them.

Running in the rain! Blech!!

OK. I have to write this, because there's a little language arts nazi inside that can't let some of these posts go uncorrected. Murphy's Law is as follows:

"Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong". So, a cold October morning run technically doesn't come under Murphy's Law of Running. Nor does taking a deuce on Vince Dooley's Lawn. Forgeting to bring your wool hat to practice on the day of a long run outside on a cold day, after which you catch a whopper of a upper respiratory infection, preventing you from participating in the sectional championship and costing your team the points it needs to win the title, would be a good example of Murphy's Law. Or, drinking your father's metamucil by mistake before going on a long run, prompting a very unexpected evacuation of the bowels at the side of Vince Dooley's house just as he is walking outside with his german shepard, who charges across the lawn and bites you in the ass, now that is an example of Murphy's Law of Running.

The park bathrooms always close 5 minutes before you need them.