What is the worst thing that ever happened to you on a run?

Josh Hamilton's Addiction wrote:

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

I've had plenty of scrapes, including one that required a trip to the ER, but the worst thing to ever happen was shortly after running. A couple of crazy a-holes decided to blow up the finish line.

You realize this reads a lot like a joke, right?

Sickeningly, I think that was the point.

i've halucinated at the end of a long run.

i've shit myself about 3 times while running. this happens to everyone at some point though.

tojar wrote:

Munich, Germany. Early 90s. I was visiting my parents for Christmas (dad was in the US Army). A few nights before Christmas, around 7PM, my folks went to a party. I told them I was going for a run.

Ran to the nearby forest, which I wasn't familiar with. Of course I got lost, it got dark, then started snowing.

Went to college on the Munich Kaserne back in the late 80's. Many a cold snowy night were spent half toasted running or biking around Munich lost as all hell.

chased by moose/dog/bees

crete wrote:

i've halucinated at the end of a long run.

Once on a hot twenty miler I had a vision of a pitcher of lemonade leading me on like the pillar of cloud leading the Israelites in the desert. I got home and drank a pitcher of lemonade, got sick from the sugar, drank a pitcher of water to cut it, and spent the rest of the afternoon urinating about every 15 minutes. Not the worst thing that ever happened to me, just that your story reminded me of it.

As a freshman in college, I tried to take the lead from the gun in the distance medley at the January winter festival meet at Dartmouth.

I was nobody, running for UMass, lined up against Providence, the NYAC, and Villanova among others.

Mick O'Shea from Providence rammed me with forearm and shoulder and knocked me literally on my ass. Oops.

It was not that bad, just embarrassing. Mick asked me after with a smile if I was OK. Welcome, kid!

I dropped out of a marathon and ended up running 27 miles.

I died of dysentery on a long run around Truckee, Ca.

crete wrote:

i've shit myself about 3 times while running. this happens to everyone at some point though.

Never happened to me. You need to see a doctor.

Not joking. The thread asks the worse thing that happened on a run. This does not only mean physical injuries to yourself. A terrorist attack was the worst thing that happened on a run (Boston Marathon). Not sure where you saw a joke.

kkk wrote:

crete wrote:

i've shit myself about 3 times while running. this happens to everyone at some point though.

Never happened to me. You need to see a doctor.

You aren't a real runner. Real runners have shit themselves at least once while running.

Crete wrote:

kkk wrote:

Never happened to me. You need to see a doctor.

You aren't a real runner. Real runners have shit themselves at least once while running.

Real runners will just stop and shit by the side of the road, trail, etc.

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

Not joking. The thread asks the worse thing that happened on a run. This does not only mean physical injuries to yourself. A terrorist attack was the worst thing that happened on a run (Boston Marathon). Not sure where you saw a joke.

I didn't say it was funny. I said it was sickening how it reads like a joke, ad Josh Hamilton's addiction pointed out. It sounds like you're a jerk making fun of a terrible event. I was pointing that out.

Agree with you, tRg. I PR'd at Boston this year, and it became meaningless to me after the bombs went off. :-(

Crete wrote:

kkk wrote:

Never happened to me. You need to see a doctor.

You aren't a real runner. Real runners have shit themselves at least once while running.

Dafuq? You guys need to start wearing diapers on your run.

Well its not really terrible but today, I got chased for like a half mile by a chihuahua by the side of a busy road. The idiot owner was just yelling for it to come back and meanwhile I was sprinting as fast as I could with it at my heels. Finally I turned around and kicked it and then it almost got ran over by a few cars. Hate it when people let their dogs go wherever they want.

broke a bone

jerry123 wrote:

slipped ,fell onto another

runners penis but kind of liked it .

Haha. Reminded me of this:

Guilty Conscience

[Eminem]

F**k that sh*t, you just caught this b*tch cheatin

While you at work she's with some dude tryin to get off?!

F**K slittin her throat, CUT THIS B*TCH'S HEAD OFF!!!

[Dr. Dre]

Wait! What if there's an explanation for this sh*t?

(Em: What? She tripped? Fell? Landed on his dick?!)

Nothing horrible...

A few falls.

A broken ankle.

A sprained ankle.

And the worst: Tried asked a Swedish woman out for a date, and got turned out cos she was flying back to Sweden the next day. Even offered her a ride to the airport. Sometimes it's just not mean to be.