Getting injured while running :-(

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flanker Aug 2011 1:24pm, 18 Aug 2011 13,305 posts	0 flanker I fall over regularly, and my knees are all scar tissue. I tend to do it on the flat bits, and I suppose it is when I switch off and pay no attention to where my feet are going.
swittle Aug 2011 1:51pm, 18 Aug 2011 13,839 posts	0 swittle Ooo, sore point for me - literally! 5 minutes into my run, I tripped and crashed headlong into the pavement - not 10 yards away from where I'd performed the same stunt 4 or 5 years ago Paving's smooth and even but I don't pick my feet up, almost as if on castors. Grazed knee, elbow & hand & bruised shoulder Was going to return home but the red mist set in and I ran ten more miles, attracting some odd expressions on the way
Toks Aug 2011 6:25pm, 19 Aug 2011 25,339 posts	0 Toks yes mary brite, i will toughen up thanks for sharing all ur fallen and injury stories and yes ph, we runners need to be wrapped in bubble wrap for real today, i fell stiff just walking around the house and my son insisted to be playing or poking my big bruise omg it hurts! ouch but i will survive