Wait, Wait!!!!

I have also never tried to nail a gainer from the roof of my house. I
would like to point out, that gentleman was not of a younger
generation either.

And for what it is worth: I got touched by traffic again today.
Folks, please be careful and run defensively. Never
under/overestimate that someone in a vehicle will do the right/legal
thing.

Excelsior


--- In GetActiveSouthGeorgia@yahoogroups.com, "runningmasked"
<gasketx@...> wrote:
>
> Responses to postings in no particular order:
>
> 1. Nobody has ever mistaken me for graceful, furthermore, nobody has
> even mistaken you for graceful either. "did that guy just fall" phhhtt
> 2. Why would anyone be up a ladder with a chainsaw without having a
> safety line attached to the tree?
> 3. Initial injury was falling off of a skim board, second came about
> falling down my steps while moving a sofa, and it would seem I tried
> to come back too fast, too soon, and with too much (weight).
>
>
> --- In GetActiveSouthGeorgia@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Steele"
> <aeronca@> wrote:
> >
> > Being of a younger generation, obviously you never quite learned the
> concept
> > of stop, drop, and roll. If you did, you would know how to crash with
> > continuous motion so that the spectators would be left wondering,
> "did that
> > guy fall, or is he just very graceful?"
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From: GetActiveSouthGeorgia@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:GetActiveSouthGeorgia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> runningmasked
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:32 PM
> > To: GetActiveSouthGeorgia@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [GetActiveSouthGeorgia] something lighter
> >
> >
> >
> > At the request of another poster and in light of the recent cautionary
> > but heavy post, I thought it appropriate to share this.
> >
> > I competed in a "5k" this past weekend. Wait for it. Most everyone
> > is aware of my couple of tumbles over the Summer which resulted in a
> > lengthy layoff to heal a leg/foot injury. Still a-comin. I was
> > making what I thought to be a strong showing and looking at maybe,
> > maybe running a 19:something for the first time in months. Here it
> > is. Roughly 150 yards (YARDS not METERS, this is the U. S. of A.) from
> > the finish I run through the big ol mud puddle like the three guys in
> > front of me. Unfortunately, unlike those three, I totally bought it
> > when I hit the grass on the other side. Seems they all went around
> > the puddle, I, in the interest of gaining a second or two, ran through
> > it. End result being a fall, a nice little slide, and a 20 minute
> > something performance. yay me. This is really funny when you think
> > about my 6'3" frame sliding through the grass while holding up my feet
> > to avoid another injury. Sigh...embarrassing.
> >
> > Excelsior
> >
>