Found on r/WTF today - collegiate runner races 10 laps after losing a shoe, suffers 3rd degree burns on foot

just to clarify: were the burns caused by friction or by the immense heat of the track?

Guy still managed to run in the 30:30s. Not too shabby for running through the burns.

but did he look relaxed?

Unless he is a senior who was going for the win and had no plans to run at NCAA prelims then this is only very stupid.

However, even if this was his last race of the season he'll be unable to run for some time. Stupid. Stop and put your shoe on if its a 10k.

real question here... wrote:

but did he look relaxed?

What was his leg speed velocity?

More importantly... wrote:

real question here... wrote:

but did he look relaxed?

What was his leg speed velocity?

You can get an idea for how bad it hurts if you just go down to your local high school track and run around the track 10 times with no shoe. While you are there, you can check to see how your turnover compares to everybody else...back to you Dwight!

vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJJW7EF5aVk

Justyn Knight did have a sock on which would of protected his foot a little bit more and he only had about 500m left to run instead of 4k left to go

doctor: sir, your foot was destroyed, and you can never run again. I have 7 verified tests and three word-class doctors to back this up.

runner: ok doc, but I think I am going to ask the guys on letsrun.com what my problem is. Thanks for trying though

Somewhere abebe bikila is chuckling to himself.

Frictionalitty >>>>>>physicallity

More importantly... wrote:

real question here... wrote:

but did he look relaxed?

What was his leg speed velocity?

Why not just put the shoe back on? Carlos Lopes lost a shoe in Chicago in '84 and just stopped and pulled it back on.

He was running on sock hate

LOL...sock hate for certain.

Frictionalitty >>>>>>physicallity

More importantly... wrote:

real question here... wrote:

but did he look relaxed?

What was his leg speed velocity?

Had he soaked his feet in his own urine he would have been fine. I'm telling you it works. Not just that but I had a calloused foot and after a few weeks of soaking my feet I just towel dried them after a urine soak and took a pumice stone to them and the callouses rubbed right out.

I compete for High Point University where the Big South Championships were held this year. The kid's name is Evan Darm and it happened in the 5k. He picked up 7th place and ran the last 10 laps of the race without a shoe. He had to go to intensive care for treatment on his foot immediately after the race. Here's a great article on the story: http://gocamels.com/sports/track/2014-15/releases/20150522ql3sga

paulod33 wrote:

He had to go to intensive care for treatment on his foot immediately after the race. Here's a great article on the story:

http://gocamels.com/sports/track/2014-15/releases/20150522ql3sga

I sincerely doubt he ever set foot inside an ICU.

Look up Gary Bjorklund (sp) from the 76 trials in the 10,000. Lost a shoe, still made the team.