Comments on: Falling Down and Getting Back Up

By: Charles Verge

Charles Verge — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:16:17 +0000

A true test enjoyment, coming back for more pain.

By: Douglas Mitchell

Douglas Mitchell — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:07:48 +0000

Kind of like the process of creating a company.
...usually more blood on the company creation than the running spill.

By: John Minnihan

John Minnihan — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:44:45 +0000

Ouch.

Do you carry a cell phone (turned off of course) when you do the trail runs? Could come in handy.

That red knee reminds of the worst crash I’ve had on my motocross bike. I ride hard & fast, and unfortunately my *actual* riding skill has always lagged behind my *imagined* riding skill.

I was out at the Watkins track (east of Quincy & E470) and was practicing some jumps on the back camelback. Short version: 45mph+, 18 – 22 feet in the air, and I crashed hard. For my 1 second of glory (it was a great jump, just a really poorly executed landing), I tore open my knee (same one, through my padded motocross pants), got a completely raw left shoulder, and a broken right thumb (it bent completley backward and touched the top of my hand.) There was a 2 inch deep gouge in the dirt from my chin guard.

I remember yelling “Fuck!!” (you would have been proud), gettiing up and riding back to my truck where I dusted off… and rode some more.

By: BWJones

BWJones — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:24:14 +0000

Brad,

Dude, you need to stop looking up in the air when you run. Things like sidewalk expansion joints, rocks and uneven ground can take you out.

It’s OK though, because I once literally ran into a street sign because my head was someplace else instead of where it should have been when running.