I've not changed my avatar to Mr Clumsy for nothing (though after Withins skyline last year it should perhaps be Mr Bump!!):(:D
Think my record was about 4 times in a mile coming down from Stoodley Pike in the Erringden Moor race a few years back.
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I've not changed my avatar to Mr Clumsy for nothing (though after Withins skyline last year it should perhaps be Mr Bump!!):(:D
Think my record was about 4 times in a mile coming down from Stoodley Pike in the Erringden Moor race a few years back.
Going back this year. I'll ask!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
In addtion to simply falling over, I also tend to get knocked over - by trees. Scenario; you're running fast down hill, part shade so you are watching where you put your feet and WHACK - you're 6'3'' and (cos you are watching your feet / footing) you didn't see that low branch - flat on your back!
What's worse - one of those fall where one minute you are up and the next you are flat on your face - nothing in between and no air left in your lungs? Or, trip, fall, recover, stubble and go down leaving various bits of skin from your knees, hands, elbows aloing the trail?
Also, worse than falling over in cow pats - fox shit - it sticks / stinks! :eek:.
Not quite a fall, but what about when you disappear up to the waist cartoon-style into an innocuous looking puddle/bog?:eek:
Happened to me on my 1st (and so far only) night run on Pendle.
"Outer Edge" on the moors west of Cut Gate (Mickleden territory) is especially good for that. Ran the "Grin & Bear It" race last year and quite a few runners were jumping in up the their waists in places. It seemed like with every other stride you sank in halfway up your shins, v. demoralising after a while. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by southernsoftie
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Originally Posted by Al Fowler
I couldn't help notice that your Mum calls you Dangerous Brian. This was Brian Conley and he was hilarious as Dangerous Brian, look him up on You Tube. I'm sure not even you are as clumsy as he was!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltklJ...eature=related
At the Helvellyn tri, I was given some advice to tuck my cycling mitts in my pocket when starting the run, and then wear them on the descent to protect my hands if I fell.
Being a <*>, I ignored this advice.
I was doing fine until the final gritty path towards the YH at Greenside, when I looked at the view, tripped over a half-buried stoat or something (in front of some walkers, obviously), and was still picking gravel out of my palms two weeks later.
But at least I didn't trash my Aldi bike mitts.
* insert your own quiet expletive here, don't want to upset Chris or Chris
In a recent hill race, I fell twice in exactly the same spot, once going up and once going down. I am quite a lazy runner, in that I don't lift up my feet very high. I find this very efficient on the road, but less efficient when I clip a rock.
Fell over at uni today.
Tripped going upstairs talking, and them walked into a door which i thought was open.
Made me laugh so the embarrasement wasnt bad.:D
I had my eyes lazered last week. Hopefully this will stop me falling over as much......Seeing will definately be believing!
Ooooooooo you'll have to let me know if it works.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flightless Bird
Ive got specs and have always wanted to scrap them.
The eyes are great. I would definately recommend it. I always left my specs at home when out running. Hated running in them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Money well spent.
Brilliant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flightless Bird
I dont mind wearing glasses on every day life, aslong as its not cold outside and then walk into a warm building and they steam up - well thats happens alot.
But, if you ever wore glasses whilst running and you where running down a fell for example, did your eyes water like a stream completetly blocking your vision. I have this and one day im going to end up falling whilst i wipe the tears away. Thats the main reason i want to ditch the glases.
Ive treid contacts but i get a headache wearing them and my vision isnt as good - and ive got bad memories of loosing them round my eyes after football matches.
This snow has been to good to pass up for a run eh? (Sprained ankle. Again. Bah!) Glad out I wasn't out on the hill proper though. I only had about a mile's hobble of shame to get back and I was flippin freezing.
I fell over tonight trying to run fast downhill in deep snow.
I nearly fell off my bike at the weekend at a junction. But managed to beat the buggering clips and got onto my feet as the bike hit the ground. Ha!
Not wishing to put a downer on this, but if your eyes are still changing you'll likely be wearing glasses again even after treatment. This happened to a work colleague of mine. He was free of glasses for only 2 years.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
How long ago did you try contacts?
I wear all day all night lenses - I change them once a month only. They are made of silicone so adapt to the eye much better than the older lenses, and also are cheaper these days.
I hated running in glasses and am blind as a bat without them!
Stef
Happens to me as well, Al. Bad when i'm up in the clouds. Glasses make Mountain bikeing crap too. I'm going to try contacts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Good point well made.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stef F
I waited four years to make sure my prescription was stable. Optician man did tell me that I will need reading glasses in years to come, but I would (as most people do) need them anyway, and that would have meant two pairs of specs or bi-focals.
True yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stef F
I last used them hmmm, 4 years ago. I used them for football so i could header and not get the glasses engraved in my face. I once tried them for playing cricket with but i couldnt see the ball.
On xmas on the fells i had to take my glasses off because i couldnt see where i was going.Quote:
Originally Posted by skennaugh
I can see ok without my specs ok, i get a bad headache if im not wearing them though.
i dont wear glasses, but am wearing shades for running at the mo on hills, stops my eyes streaming in the cold, nice accident waiting to happen
Now that I must see. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Darth domain
Gives you an excuse for falling over on the downs though......or are you over that now? ;)
dont think i'll ever be over that Morgan, nasty habit of falling going down and still too slow:DQuote:
Originally Posted by BGSec
Keep practising DD............hope you make the breakthrough soon..........:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Darth domain
This thread has gone quiet, anybody had an floor-kissing rincidents recenty?
Yeh, me, 4 stitches in Ireland. Fell just before the finish like the numpty that i am. Just got em out this morning to see me right for 3 peaks.
Saw this thread and just had to reply.....
Doing a nice easy longish run on Saturday and took a fall on a rocky bridlepath and landed on chin, ribs and sticky out bony bits of pelvis :eek: (yes, practically totally missed hands and arms). Wasn't aware of falling just of 'BANG' - chin hitting ground. Gash to Chin, Unable to lift my right leg due to pain in groin, very shook up and ended in A&E. Doing OK, healing well and managed a bit of a shuffle this morning.
RE kit carrying: Weather was glorious too, but having said that I was well kitted out carrying windproofs; waterproofs; hat; and gloves; put all of them on after I fell and even with a great response from event organisers and was still shivering / shaking for about 2 hours.
Beginning to think I'm a definate faller ...:( .... can tot up 6 fall in last 8 months :confused:
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DD maybe what i planned for the 5k i did plan to get some sunglasses, but i think i better not now, as i fall over all the time!:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth domain
Record is falling about once every 4 races, even fell once going uphill!!!
Never too bad just training, fall off bike though. Not good at descending, still learning that dark art.....
I'm another one who runs in glasses, (can't see anything without them), the worst problem is when they steam up in the wet, and I can't tell what ground I'm running on, I fell at Bulls Hill a couple of years ago in the mist and did a couple of ribs in, andf that was on flat ground. I also did some ribs in the previous year at the tour of rivington, although that was due to taking a bad line through a kissing gate.
do you think it happens when you are the most tired-i know i become very clumbsy at this point?
I have a long standing reputation for falling over - my knees and shins look like a map o the Underground. Mostly cured this by getting contacts especially for bad weather running.
Odd thing, my left leg has copped for most of the damage, prob 80%. They saying running is a one legged action don't they? ;)
i think they call that hopping?Quote:
Originally Posted by John4of5
I fell on Kinder last year - well it was the 'Downfall'. I pulled a ligament in my leg which has just recently repaired enough for me to go back on the hills.
I once tripped over a running shoe lace while running on holiday in Italy, running past a group of young italian women - I was suitably embararssed, it was quite a spectacular fall if their reactions were anything to go by.
fell decending ingleboro at ppp this year-i was spectating-runner walking up steep part said it was funniest thing he had ever seen & that if he'd had the energy he would have laughed! also have mastered the art of a 20 foot fall-not height but length-its the one when it takes 20 foot to actually hit the floor having tried your hardest to remain upright!
I performed a fabulous fall last night!
More of a slip really but it was a beauty!
After going though a kissing gate, and stepped in a slippy rock and fell in the mud.
10 out of 10 if i say so myself - i even but my best pair of shorts on because i thought there was no chance id fall over.:rolleyes:
Ouch! Some pretty serious sounding falls here and it's been a loooooong time since anyone posted in this thread, any new thrills to spills?
I have a very fast reaction to loss of balance and somehow (don't ask me how, I don't know) I seem to be able to throw my body weight around to compensate and recover mid fall to be able to carry on running. It takes an enormous amount of effort and usually involves throwing my arms out at just the right angle - again how I do this is anyone guess, it just happens. The pay off for this is significant short term loss of energy and usually a twinge in a muscle or two that also disappears quite soon afterwards.
As a pretty extreme example, I remember one time out on a long walk around Langdale, the sun was setting and we decided to run down the track to the pub before it got dark. Jumping over a river I miscalculated and landed leaning far to forward, totally off balance, instinctively my arms flew backwards, the focus of the energy up and back, this wasn't enough, I was still falling but somehow still running forward too, so my arms did another full circle, again with all the energy thrown out up and back, still not enough, the third cycle pulled me back up straight again and I carried on. All this in a series of gasps from the folk behind me, they were sure I was going to land from running at full pelt face down in the grit. Apparently it looked hilarious and stupidly impossible. I can only imagine. I wish it had been captured on film - I'd have liked to have see myself, but this was before phones had cameras and the like.
I guess this happens all the time and we're constantly correcting things on every step, just perhaps not to such extreme degrees?
I have a bit of a reputation for falling over (and plenty of scars to prove it!)
There are a couple of muscles at the edge of the neck called the platysma. If you try and do an impression of a wide mouthed frog you can usually see them stand out - have a look next time you are in front of a mirror (probably next year then for most fell runners)...
I fell descending Coniston once and flew horizontally like some kind of low rent superhero before crashing into the only bit of mercifully soft ground on the hill. Obviously I was in front of some young ladies walking up the hill (of course - these things never happen unseen do they?) but I bounced back up and carried on majestically (in my mind anyway).
The following day my neck ached appallingly and after some investigation I discovered I had strained both my platysma as a result of extreme gurning as I flew. I must have looked like Les Dawson in the throes of sexual ecstasy. This may have explained their laughter, in hindsight.
b
Just back from AE after falling over yesterday. 20m from the car and I dodged out of the way of an old lady and her dog. Ended up with 15 stitches in my knee. There was a flap of skin hanging off exposing 4sq inches of flesh. Took them 2 hours to clean out all the debris. I'm now hobbling around like an old man. Not allowed to drive or bend it for a week. I'm going to go off my head. Great service from the local AE in Portree though. No waiting and very professional. I should have trampled the old lady.
Neil
My classic last year; I was running along a very narrow path with burn heather on each side. The loop of my shoe lace caught the very stiff heather and I was flat on my face before I knew what had happned. I tie very small loops now.