Today, I took part in a charity run for a good cause. I'd trained for months and showed up, only to trip and fall flat on my face at the starting line. I spent the rest of the race with scraped knees and a bruised ego. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after months of grueling training and countless early mornings, I finally began the race I had been preparing for over the past year, only to slip and break my leg in the first 450 meters. FML
Today, I went for a run to get in shape for the first time in ages. I put on my running shoes and hit the pavement. Halfway through, the sole of one shoe came off, and I had to hobble back home in embarrassment. FML
Today, I participated in a walk for charity. Even though I was supposed to walk 5K, I stopped after 3K because the pain from my thighs rubbing together nearly sent me to tears. FML
Today, after training for 3 months for a marathon, three weeks from race day I tripped and fell during my last long run and cracked a rib, so I took ten painful days off. I decided to go try a short run to see if maybe I could still try the race, and got attacked by a German Shepard. FML
Today, I'm training for my first half marathon so I went for a run in a busy park. I tripped on a completely flat path in front of about twenty people. Not only did I fall, but my wireless earbuds flew out dramatically in opposite directions. Some wise ass golf clapped. FML
Today, I was up against two others in a 120m race on my school's sports day. Unexpectedly, I heard my name being chanted from most of the classes watching and well, this made me want to win so much that I leaned forward too much whilst running and ended up tripping and rolling on the track. I heard loud sighs after. FML
Today, I tripped on a rock, fell in a pond, and lost my phone. All while dressed as a banana for a charity run. FML
Today, thinking I was pretty healthy, I signed up for a 5K run. I didn’t train at all, thinking, “How hard can it be?” Halfway through, I realized I was in way over my head. I ended up walking the rest of the race, and a 70-year-old man lapped me twice. To make it worse, my friends made a banner that said, “Congratulations on Not Dying!” FML
Today, my third day training for a half marathon, I tripped and broke both of my ankles and one wrist. FML
Today, I decided to be healthy and go for a run. I broke my ankle. FML
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Anderling 33
For what it's worth, the beneficiaries of the charity don't care that you tripped and fell. They care that now they have money to put towards their needs. You still did a good thing here.
Yudith 28
As the saying goes, the important is not that you tripped and fell on your face; it is that you stood up and started running again.
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Anderling 33
For what it's worth, the beneficiaries of the charity don't care that you tripped and fell. They care that now they have money to put towards their needs. You still did a good thing here.
Yudith 28
As the saying goes, the important is not that you tripped and fell on your face; it is that you stood up and started running again.
RichardPencil 32
Evidently your training was insufficient. Not tripping and falling are must-have skills to succeed in running (and even jogging). I'm sure you can find a track coach who can give you some lessons in not tripping and falling.