Running with cats
On Monday I had a really graceful (<— sarcasm) encounter with a stick during my run.
Everyone who’s ever interacted with a cat while going down stairs (or really, tried to walk anywhere, around a cat) will be able to relate. You know how they are always where you need to put your foot, then between your legs, tripping you up? That is how this stick was. It appeared out of nowhere, and got caught between my feet. It dug in to my left foot, then hit my right one, tripping me forward. Like running with cats.
Of course, this happened while I was running on the shoulder of the road, with cars watching me. Awesome.
I caught myself and didn’t fall (yay!) but felt like a doofus, and was all twisted up, from correcting my fall.
Then when I got to the studio to teach that night, I ran in to a box really hard and immediately bruised my leg. GAH. What a day.
Surprisingly, the bruise from the stick didn’t show up until Friday though. Odd.
Believe me, you don’t want to see my toenails. I keep them VERY short.
Sigh. Such a klutz.
I hope today’s run is without incident!
Since writing about needing someone to run with me in Alaska so I don’t get mauled by a bear, I’ve come across two articles (one in Competitor and one in Bicycling) about what to do if I see a bear. Now I’m all set! Ha ha.
Themocracy
Clumsiness must run in the family. Most of the time I trip when there is nothing there to trip me. Lol. And when there is something there to trip me? Well, let’s just say it’s a sight to behold when I try to keep myself upright. Haha
We should just go every where wrapped in bubble wrap!!! 🙂
Ouch!!!
And I missed that you are going to Alaska in June! It is BEAUTIFUL there, enjoy!
Thanks 😀
But if you come across a moose? (When we were in Alaska, we rented bikes and rode the Coastal Trail in Anchorage – there was a moose on the trail at one point, and we did what I presume we were “supposed” to do – waited quite a bit back from it, until it moved off the trail a ways, then hurried past before it came back!)
Ha! I guess I wouldn’t be scared of a moose! I should ask my future SiL if I should be 😉 That’s neat you saw one so close!
Ouch! That was one heck of a stick.
And the thing is, it wasn’t even that big!!! (TWSS? lol)
Oh ouch! I hope it doesn’t hurt too much! I’m so jealous of Alaska but don’t get eaten
Muah ha ha, I won’t. It’s really my mom who thinks I will. <---- insert loving eye roll 😉
I was so paranoid about bears when we were in Yellowstone, I made my husband buy a big can of bear spray and when we went hiking I kept singing the entire time. The thought of encountering a bear really freaks me out.
But perhaps aggressive sticks are the greater danger? Hope your foot feels better soon!
Ha ha ha! You are awesome. So, no encounters, then?! 🙂
LOL! Maybe, for me, anyway! It usually IS the small things I fall over!
I need to read the Alaska post, when are you going? I would love to, but I won’t make it there anytime soon….sigh
Your poor foot, at least you didn’t go down.
We are going in June 🙂
Oh, ouch! That looks painful! Hope that you are healing (or have healed). It’s always amazing what bumps and missteps can do to us. I’ve totally fallen down while running and hiking on many occasions, and I’m never sure what hurts more – my ego or the bruise.
As for bears – I know that Ironman Canada, one year, there was a bear on course. I think that I would FREAK out, but I would also feel safer on a race course than on a trail by myself. I’m actually more scared/paranoid about mountain lions here in CO, mainly because there are a LOT of stories (some probably fictional, but plenty are not) about hikers and runners getting stalked and killed by a cat. And I think that I’m a good size for one, so that doesn’t make me feel much better.
Jeez, when did running become so dangerous!?
(Oh, and finally, the scariest encounter I’ve had is with a rattlesnake – he popped up and rattled rattled rattled. I ran the other way, fast.)
Oh man! Lions and snakes (and bears, oh my!)! I would feel safer on a race too, but still… you are out there alone sometimes. I guess we all need some crash courses in how to react! That’s actually what the Competitor article was about! Let me know if you want me to scan it and send it to you, lol.
Wow, what a huge bruise…all from something innocuous as a stick. That reminds me of how Deena Kastor in “Spirit of the Marathon” really messed up her foot stepping on, like, an acorn in her driveway.
Bodger, the sturdiest chunk, also gets underfoot at the worst possible times!
OMG Bear awareness is no joke. I got a pamphlet in Nova Scotia that was like “How to distinguish between a predatory and defensive bear” with different behaviors. And, like, yeah, I guess that’s important, but also…I don’t think I want to stick around long enough to be like, “Ah, yes, this looks like a predatory bear from these signs, so I should take this course of action!”
Oh yeah! Poor Deena. 🙁
Of course Bodger does. Muah ha ha. Little efffers.
Geesh! And are we supposed to remember two different ways to react depending on which it is?!