Stupidest/Funniest thing that you've ever done or has happened to you running.

I'll start.


Mine was last night. I was doing a 5 mile run. I run at night once its dark, because I figure while I still can I might as well avoid the sun and heat of day.

So, about 3.5 miles into my run I get to an intersection that I always turn right into then have about 1.5 miles though some winding side-streets till I'm home. The intersection is of two fairly high-traffic roads and waiting for traffic to break to cross can take a while (the side of the street in the direction I come from has no sidewalk/curb just grass, the other has a bike path).

So usually when I have a long wait for traffic I run down the side of the street without a path to run on and go through the grass until I can cross. Mind you, it's really dark out no street lights or anything and trees block out the little moonlight/starlight there is and eventually traffic breaks and no headlights either.

I forget about crossing the road and keep running, by this point I'm starting to speed up and going pretty fast...when I run into something really hard really fast and get the wind knocked out of me and my hand smashed up between my chest and whatever I hit. I was confused as hell for a while because I still couldn't see what I hit even though I knew I was right by it... Eventually more cars come along and with the light from their headlights I realized I ran straight into a metal mailbox painted entirely jet black.


Right after I felt like a huge dumbass and was in a kinda bad mood because I was "in the zone" so to say (lol) and it really threw me off and slowed me down for a while. But now it's kinda funny :p

Anyone else have a similar (not running into a mailbox..you know what I mean...) story?

One time we were running and I had my head turned to the side watching a field hockey game when I ran right into a gigantic puddle.

Another time an Asian kid on my team ran right into a metal bench (that was on the track for some strange reason) during our warm up.

We live adjacent to a State Park, so that's where I do most of my running. A couple of days ago, I was doing my workout, and I started hearing this really intense buzzing noise. I didn't think anything of it at first (I wasn't paying attention), until I ran smack into a bee's nest. Scared me to death and I half-sprinted all the way through the rest of my workout. I only got stung a couple of times, and I think I probably did more damage falling all over myself to get away

The trail I always run on is between a highway and housing developments. I was running with some friends during a workout and we were goofing around and stuff, when I ran into one of those for sale signs that are on hinges (know what I'm talking about??) wansnt that bad but a bunch of people probably saw me on the road.

Another I was running with a friend and you know how bikers say "on you left, on your right?" well a guy said "on your left", so I scooted to the right a little bit and then I heard brakes screeching and he ran into me..haha he was like "sorry I meant to say right" it wasnt that hard but it kinda scared me..lol

During XC my team runs in a park near our school that has a river running through it. Actualy, in most places the water is barely moving at all, so it's kind of swampy. One time we were running along and we heard this splashing coming from the river. We stopped and looked over and saw some turtles doing it (at least, that's what we thought... my xc team isn't exactly a bunch of turtle experts..) soo, we kept going to give them their privacy.

FinishingKick wrote:Another time an Asian kid on my team ran right into a metal bench (that was on the track for some strange reason) during our warm up.

Thanks for specifying that he was asian.

HXC_Runner2012 wrote:

FinishingKick wrote:Another time an Asian kid on my team ran right into a metal bench (that was on the track for some strange reason) during our warm up.

Thanks for specifying that he was asian.

You're welcome.

Anyway, on topic:
Why are everybody's names green and blue and stuff?

Green means they're an admin I think, and blue means you're in the I LOVE BRIE group (maybe other groups too, not sure)

Look at the bottom of the main page where the people online are listed.

o man, one time i was running at practice and i was on the grass looking at my friend joe talking to him and i ran into a mailbox. I have done it 3 mores times since too. He never lets me live it down.

my best friend and i were warming up before a track meet on the outside lanes and the hurdles were pushed right up to the fence, but the legs were jetting out a bit into the outermost lane. anyway, we were talking and all of a sudden she falls over and lands on her arm. turns out she broke her elbow and was in a sling for prom ha