This morning I went out on the trails to run. I haven’t been out there in two weeks, in part because of the snow and rain-and-more-rain we’ve received. Muddy trails are no fun. But the last two days have been sunny and warm, and sure enough, once I got out there the trails were dry. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that as I neared the end of my run and was on a slight downhill, I hooked a toe on a rock. The next thing I knew my arms were outstretched and I was soaring. Through the air and then on the ground where I slid across the dirt and rocks.
It all happened very quickly and my best guess is that I hit first with my left knee and then slid onto my right side. I lost a chunk of skin from the heel of my right hand. My right elbow is a mass of bloody scrapes. My right hip bone is scraped. My right thigh is scraped, but not bloody. Same for my stomach. I got dirt in my navel and my mouth.
My immediate reaction was to scream profanities. It all hurt SO MUCH. But when I stopped screaming, I realized I didn’t feel pain anywhere that wasn’t bleeding. In other words, I hadn’t jammed a shoulder or wrist. Even though it was the worst fall I’ve taken out there in a few years, it wasn’t too bad. I think adopting the Superman pose was key. That allowed me to slide along the ground in a bumpy imitation of a batter sliding into second base.
Still, I’m thinking that next time I run out in the open space I should wear a cape. Might stay afloat that way.
Tracy Abell 
Wow…good that you didn’t hurt anything badly!
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Yep. Pretty lucky fall. 🙂
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All of us at Alien Resort are glad you’re mostly okay.
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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Goodness – be careful out there. Muddy here in Illinois also. Probably be the only summer of my lifetime there will be almost no corn – farmers are not able to get in the fields. Craziness
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“Almost no corn.” Wow. I’m from the Midwest and can’t even imagine a summer of almost no corn.
Hope it dries up!
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Ouch! At my age, I probably would not have escaped without broken bones.
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I hear you. I’m not too keen on falling like that, either, and am grateful it turned out as well as it did. I’m not looking forward to my next run out there because I’m pretty sure I’ll be tentative in response to all this.
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Yikes!!! You give “You’re taking the fall” * a whole new meaning… Glad you didn’t break something.
* Bogie to Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon
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HA! And of course you’d quote some Bogie. 🙂
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