Falling while on a run

I've fallen only once, and that was due to ice on a sharp 90 degree corner I was taking. I popped back up right away, didn't notice anything bothering me and continued my run. When I finished, I realized I had cut myself (I was wearing shorts) and had a trail of dried/frozen blood running down my entire shin.

Stang91, I remember you having one of the best falls I've ever seen. You were running but not on a run. I belive it was on the way back from the State track meet and you were sprinting out of Denny's back to the car and tripped over the curb and did a huge face plant right in the parking lot. That was about 15 years ago and I still can't drive down I-5 and not bust up laughing when I see that Denny's.[/quote]

well, I didn't hit my face, so technically it wasn't a face plant. I just tripped over a curb, did a quick stand up and we were off. So, shut it, trebek.[quote]Bham wrote:

Very timely. I fell 4 days ago by catching a foot on the opposite shoelace. I fell on a trail 3 days ago and discomforted my ribs. A rare Fri/Sat double. I can remember at least ten separate falls, the worst requring stitches in the knee. Only one or two were from ice or snow. The rest were clutziness.

Many years ago, while running the 2 mile in HS, they forgot to remove the starting blocks from the 200m, and a pack of several other runners and I hit them and wiped out. My race was shot, so I picked one up, jogged to the starting line with blood and road rash down the right side of my body. I handed it to the nearest official and said, "you forgot something."

I fell at the mass start of an XC race last winter. It was very muddy and about 300 people were trying to cram onto a path about 12 feet wide. I was trapped towards the back of the pack, so decided to catch up by sprinting along the side of the path. Unfortunately I tripped on a grassy knoll, executed a full forwards roll in the mud, and continued running, pretty much without breaking stride. I got a small round of applause for doing this.

800m runner wrote:

what about the 430 miler? it'l be interesting to hear if he's fallen during a run.

yes, i have fell in a hole whilr running (physically), but i have also fallen into a hole while running (mentally) aka hit the wall.

Ah, the old grassy knoll theory.

Perky the piglet wrote:

Unfortunately I tripped on a grassy knoll, executed a full forwards roll in the mud, and continued running, pretty much without breaking stride. I got a small round of applause for doing this.

the430miler wrote:

800m runner wrote:

what about the 430 miler? it'l be interesting to hear if he's fallen during a run.

yes, i have fell in a hole whilr running (physically), but i have also fallen into a hole while running (mentally) aka hit the wall.

u would

I've fallen three times in the past month.

Over a dog: On a trail, came upon a couple and their three unleashed dogs. The dogs all came toward me. I passed the first by stepping off the trail into a bush; again on the path I hurdled the second; the third proved to be too much for me and I tripped over it. All this within the span of two seconds. The owners just laugh.

On a trail: steep downhill, uneven ground. Boring fall.

Off a trail: pouring down rain, a six-inch-wide trail on the side of a hill, the trail headed downhill and was also slanted right to left...I was trying to step carefully but I took a wrong step, my leg slid out from under me and I flew for a second then landed on my side in the mud. Didn't hurt, and I looked xhardxcorex for the next 7 miles.

But my worst fall ever was on Hayward Field, a year or two ago. I was doing 600s and was feeling great on one somewhere around #6 or 7. I came around Bowerman Curve with 100 to go and must have kept turning left as it straightened out. I stepped on the curb with my right foot, and at one point the right side of my foot was on the curb and my ankle was on the ground. Went down hard (reflexively hit Stop on my watch before I hit the ground) and yelled DAMMIT, which got looks from the joggers and stadium-runners. Swelled up to grapefruit size and I was out for a week.

was at the iowa state meet this weekend and saw a spectacular fall, and an even better recovery. the shortest guy at the meet was running the 400 in the medley and was swinging wide to pass a pack on the last turn. he got his heels caught and looked like he was going to face plant for sure. somehow he managed to flip in the air and land on his feet with his hand on the ground for balance. he got going again to a huge roar from the crowd. the announcer informed the crowd that he still split a 53 second quarter. pretty impressive for having such an event transpire in the race. they actually still won that heat. anyone else there to witness this?

Many years ago in high school I stepped on a gooney rock on my school's cinder track while running the 50 yard dash for the physical fitness program. I sprained my ankle and missed the district track meet. Worst injury I have ever had in 20+ years of running.

I shuffle when I run so I trip on a wrinkle in the asphalt about once a month but usually don't go all the way down. Recently I tripped on a wrinkle and did a pretty sweet somersault. Other than skinning my hand and getting a little dirty it was something I can laugh at.

Another time when I was in high school, I tripped over nothing while running 400 meter intervals so I was moving fairly fast when I skidded across the track. It was kind of like getting severe carpet burn, but on a track surface. Not good.

I fell for the first time recently. It was a rather rainy day (shocking for Seattle, I know, but yes). I was running from a path onto a street, and turning left. Where the sidewalk ended, there was one of those wheelchair ramps with this yellow rubberized surface with little nubs all over it. Well, I suppose the idea behind the rubber and the nubs is for traction, but when they are wet, traction go bye bye. Since I was turning as I stepped on it, my leg came right out from under me and before I even realized what had happened, i hit the ground HARD, all my weight landing on my left hip. There was plenty of road rash, complete with embedded gravel, and I had a bruise about the size of a bowling ball on my hip/thigh that didn't go away completely for about a month. Nowadays I try to avoid those rubberized ramps, especially when they're wet.

At the end of my indoor season this year I slipped (caught myself before actually going down) on some snow that was packed pretty hard into the road, so it was like ice. Gotta love upstate NY in winter... not. I pulled something in my butt/upper hamstring and didn't do so great at my last meet - and had to take like a week off afterward.

I've also fallen into the steeple pit twice, but both times I was knocked in by other girls who had messed up. And yes, it was cold out (NY was NOT the place to be this spring.)

Lorenzo the Magnificent wrote:

I fell 4 days ago by catching a foot on the opposite shoelace

What is it with you people and shoelaces? Just tuck your shoelaces under the other laces on top your foot and you'll never have this problem...

Once I was running on some really muddy trails and there was a very large mud pit I was trying to run beside and my foot slid out from me on the muddy slope and down I went into the mud pit which was deep enough that for a moment I was compeletly under the mud. I do most of my running on trails so I fall quite often especially when it's raining and cornering on grass can be quite slick. Very rare to get hurt.