Out running yesterday afternoon near Herne Hill station, and a car stopped for me to cross the road - and, lo, did I trip on the kerb as I tried to wave my thanks to her, and went flying onto the tarmac, cutting my knee and hands open. I could see her laughing and could only laugh back. Ouch.
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Ouch! You have my sympathy - I fall over every now and then.
It does make you feel an idiot!
a few years ago i attempted for my first run after many years inactivity (and weighing over 18st).
i'd barely gone 200m and went arse over tit resulting in grazed forehead, hands, elbows and knees bleeding all the way as i limped back home.
it was the cause of much hilarity for my wife and everyone else for a week or two afterwards.
it was almost another year before i plucked up the courage to venture out again after spending 6 months working up to it on a treadmill.
i haven't had any tumbles since then.
My last fall was the weekend before Christmas, in the snow.
I tripped over something hidden in the snow and landed flat on my face. Picked myself up, assessed there was not much damage, and carried on.
About 200 metres later, I did it AGAIN.
Fortunately, the snow minimised the damage, and there was no-one about to see
I felled over in the snow too Wilkie.....
Wearing a SKIRT.
Well fancy wearing a skirt in weather like that!
Didn't you at least have your thermal longjohns on underneath??
I'm sorry, I must be reading this wrong:
OP, you fell over smack in the middle of the road, had injured yourself enough to need medical treatment and stitches yet the lady who let you across the road laughed at you as she drove off....
What were you wearing a clown suit or something? Who does that? who just speeds off after seeing someone fall and hurt themselves?! Am also in South-ish London, but am used to egg throwing chavs not people who drive by accidents laughing! *reminds self never to visit Herne Hill!*
Oo dear, sorry for all those have fell over on the tarmac / concrete - really sore!
I run in the forests, and have found that whilst I'm a novice runner, I'm an absolute pro at falling. Sometimes I don't even lose any time after i trip on a tree root, do a forward roll and bounce back onto the feet!
The other day was a face-in-the-mud effort though - slipped on dog poo and just went straight down. I'm glad I was laughing harder than the old lady I passed a minute later.
Wilkie: Falling in the snow was great once the ice had built up to a few inches, eh? If you do it right you can sweep a big clean spot on the ice if you fall and slide at enough speed. I even managed to fall over after just standing up from a fall 10 seconds earlier!
My last fall was when I tried doing some intervals along a stretch of road near my work digs. Some external lights on two farms are really badly angled and have a tendency to dazzle,one at each end of the stretch of road I was using.
I was trying to do 1200m at pace, couldn't see the road properly and ran slap bang into the banked verge, sprawling like bambi on ice, and ended up with torn leggings and a whole lot of mud on my kit.
Inaugural social run from the new running store in MK started badly with 2 falls within 50 yards of the start... Same bump on the path...
Luckily it wasn't me this time, although i've had numerous trips in the woods.
Ok, but stitches? thats not an exaggeration, hospital treatment? As much as I laugh at myself when I fall pancake style (and trust me this happens more then I'd like to admit!) I don't think a drive-by accident is something you should be thinking is OK, if I saw someone fell I'd want to know that person is OK and unharmed, not quite understanding why the lady didn't do so herself, sure you weren't wearing a clown outfit??!
What a dick.
Jenn, It was spag bol who needed the hospital treatment and stitches (a few posts down from the OP).