Doncha just love the longer days, the warmer temps, the chirping birds, the budding plants, the oozing road rash...
This morning, I was enjoying a lovely run just before sunrise. Recall that I'd been off the running for several months due to injuring my foot due to being a non-alcoholic drunk for about one month. For those who don't recall, I'd rather not rehash it
Suffice to say that walking like a drunk person for a month can mess up a foot.
ANYhoo, the drunk feeling is gone, and the foot is better, so I've been able to get back out and pretend to be a runner again.
This morning, I was doing just that while taking in the lovely sights of spring. Maybe, instead, I should've been paying better attention to where I was going.
As I crossed a small side street, I went to hop, gazelle-like, over the curb. Except it wasn't gazelle-like at all. Apparently, my left foot didn't get the memo about the impending gazelle-like hopping.
I'm thinking that my left foot was mad at the (previously injured) right foot and saw this as a chance to get a word in. So it purposely failed to clear the curb, and my right knee took the brunt of the revenge.
It wasn't embarrassing at all *sarcasm*
Happily, there was no lasting damage. I was able to instantly bounce up in an I-totally-meant-to-throw-a-pushup-into-the-middle-of-my-run kind of way.
So while I haven't yet taken that much needed trip, I feel like I've flown United Airlines!
And I am thrilled to be able to run again. What is spring without some road rash??
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Linking up with Mama Kat again this week for the prompt:
2. Show us what Spring looks like in your neck of the woods
21 comments:
Oh yes the old jump up and look around like you meant to do that...I understand completely, funny how our feet don't do exactly what you think they are doing at times, ended up on my face at the gas station stepping over the hose while pumping gas, I only thought my foot had cleared the hose....
Ow!
Oh no! That looks nasty. Glad you're not injured worse. I definitely know that quick jump up like I meant to do that, too :)
I am the master of those kind of moves, and from what I can see, you handled your road trip like a pro. I've actually wondered to myself if you had ever fallen while running. For a while, it was happening to me so often, and yet I never heard a road rash story from you. So your story offers me some relief that it's not just me who suddenly finds herself laying on the road. ;)
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Trip over a hose at the gas station... and the world laughs with you.
I hear ya!
Isn't it funny how the first thought is, "I hope no one saw that!"
Now that you mention it, I don't remember ever falling while running before. There have been times where I've slipped on the ice and miraculously stayed upright. There was no ice this morning. Maybe I'm entering a new era, we can form a club?
Ouch! Hope you recover quickly and can get back to the running!
Thanks Jen. I think I was too embarrassed to feel pain.
The knee pic made me cringe a little because I know how much that burns!
The quick hop up totally saved you though. :)
Totally...
Wishing you a speedy recovery on all your injuries and glad you are able to get out into the nice weather!
You made me laugh when you said you felt like you had flown United. Hope you were able to laugh as well. Heal fast! And stay safe!
Thanks, happy spring!
Ugh, United. Although I have been enjoying the humorous backlash.
Feel like you'd flown United - haha! Sorry about the road rash. Hope you're up and at 'em again soon.
Another warrior wound!? Glad you still have all of your teeth... unlike somebody else we know of.
Thanks Lori, I'm not nearly as banged up as the United guy.
I only have myself to blame here... unlike somebody else we know of.
Every time I hop a curb when I go running, I wonder if it will be my last.
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