Falling Over Watch - have you got falling over?

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Fitz Sep 2021 8:25am, 30 Sep 2021 2,491 posts	0 Fitz They say you can’t do anything to improve your fitness in the last week before a marathon but you can do plenty of things to reduce it. Like going arse over tit on an easy run, scuffing limbs and bruising soft bits. Luckily I’m still just the right side of the line where “having a fall” might lead to a fractured hip… but it’s only a matter of time.
minardi Sep 2021 8:36am, 30 Sep 2021 6,951 posts	0 minardi At least you have your sock on the right foot! Hope it doesn't sting too much
chunkywizard Sep 2021 8:49pm, 30 Sep 2021 12,675 posts	0 chunkywizard Ouch, heal quickly.
Pothunter Feb 2022 8:36pm, 22 Feb 2022 5,443 posts	0 Pothunter Stacked it on my run this evening. Tripped over an uneven paving stone. On the way down I noticed a grass verge out the corner of my eye so I aimed for it. Hands got stung on the paving (was wearing gloves) but shoulder and hip landed on the grass so no damage done!
chunkywizard Feb 2022 8:49pm, 22 Feb 2022 13,446 posts	0 chunkywizard Top work on the grass landing. Glad you aren’t hurt.
quimby Feb 2022 9:46pm, 22 Feb 2022 5,434 posts	0 quimby Wow, thinking on the way down! Excellent work.
Pothunter Feb 2022 10:02pm, 22 Feb 2022 5,446 posts	0 Pothunter It was a soft enough landing that my Garmin didn’t even register it as a fall
alpenrose Feb 2022 10:10pm, 22 Feb 2022 54,465 posts	0 alpenrose Ouch PH, sounds like a lucky landing.
nme2no1 Feb 2022 12:40pm, 23 Feb 2022 201 posts	0 nme2no1 I was almost two years in to my short running career before I had a tree root episode, and there have been other falls since. All at parkruns, so far. And only brief hindrances, fortunately. Nothing for four months though (jinxed it now, of course). June 2019. Normanby Hall parkrun, roughly 7 minute mile pace, momentary flight, bit of a tumble, hand up from a passing runner, launched back in to 5k mode, fist bump from another runner, and on to the finish. Minimal injury, due to soft woodland floor. Little elbow scuff, iirc. July 2021. Bestwood Village parkrun. Tree root again. Slightly slower, but similar effect. Lady behind me said it looked very natural! I do recall a tiny bit more elbow blood that time, and a troublesome right wrist for a spell, from the outstretched hand thing. The fall slowed me less than the steep incline that preceded it. October 2021. Scunthorpe parkrun. Returning to the park from the roadside section, trying to bypass a cluster of other runners. Didn't spot the solid wooden post until the last second. Emergency manoeuvre put me off balance, and I just didn't manage to catch it. I think I did direct the worst of the impact on to grass rather than tarmac though. Back up and running shortly after.
57.5 Days of Pain Feb 2022 11:47pm, 23 Feb 2022 8,500 posts	0 57.5 Days of Pain Tripped on a section of pavement I've negotiated many times a couple of weeks ago. Horrible night with wind and rain, and poorly lit by the streetlights. Just assumed I'd stupidly caught the kerb on the edge of a grassed area, got up and ran on. Back in daylight the other day I see I fell over the corner of a very solid, heavy section of temporary fencing lying horizontally on the grass with a big corner on the pavement. I'll be less trusting of shadowy pavements in future!