The Perils of Running A Marathon
About two miles into a seven mile run on Tuesday night (it was completely dark), I stepped into a pothole and twisted up my foot pretty bad. It didn't hurt that much at the time so I decided to finish up the remaining 4 1/2 miles of my run. It got pretty swollen afterward and really hurt the next day, forcing me to take a few days off. I don't think it's too serious, however, since it didn't really affect my ankle.
The following story about this year's winner of the Chicago Marathon also reminded me that it could be a lot worse (this is from the AP wire):
(10-24) 11:53 PDT CHICAGO, (AP) --
Chicago Marathon winner Robert Cheruiyot left the hospital on Tuesday after spending two nights there with a mild concussion he sustained when he slipped at the finish line.
The 28-year-old had sprinted away from fellow Kenyan Daniel Njenga during the final stretch of Sunday's race when he slipped backward and banged his head, causing internal and external bleeding. His momentum carried him across the line, making him the winner in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 35 seconds.
Cheruiyot, this year's Boston Marathon champion, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
He had no recollection of what had happened immediately afterward and asked his coach if he had won. But his agent, Federico Rosa, said his client's memory is intact. There were decals with the marathon's logo at the finish line, but Rosa did not blame them for the fall. He suggested after the race and during a news conference on Monday that wet conditions, shoes and even just a lack of balance caused Cheruiyot to slip.
The weird thing was that he fell backward while crossing the finish line. I figure this is unlikely to happen to me since there is almost no chance of me running that fast (there may, however, be some danger of getting kicked in the head by a showgirl or failing to get around a wall of Elvi; this is Las Vegas, after all!). Here is a video:
I should be back in action shortly (luckily, my long run this weekend is only scheduled to be 12 miles, so it should not cost me too much to either reduce it or cut it out).
The following story about this year's winner of the Chicago Marathon also reminded me that it could be a lot worse (this is from the AP wire):
(10-24) 11:53 PDT CHICAGO, (AP) --
Chicago Marathon winner Robert Cheruiyot left the hospital on Tuesday after spending two nights there with a mild concussion he sustained when he slipped at the finish line.
The 28-year-old had sprinted away from fellow Kenyan Daniel Njenga during the final stretch of Sunday's race when he slipped backward and banged his head, causing internal and external bleeding. His momentum carried him across the line, making him the winner in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 35 seconds.
Cheruiyot, this year's Boston Marathon champion, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
He had no recollection of what had happened immediately afterward and asked his coach if he had won. But his agent, Federico Rosa, said his client's memory is intact. There were decals with the marathon's logo at the finish line, but Rosa did not blame them for the fall. He suggested after the race and during a news conference on Monday that wet conditions, shoes and even just a lack of balance caused Cheruiyot to slip.
The weird thing was that he fell backward while crossing the finish line. I figure this is unlikely to happen to me since there is almost no chance of me running that fast (there may, however, be some danger of getting kicked in the head by a showgirl or failing to get around a wall of Elvi; this is Las Vegas, after all!). Here is a video:
I should be back in action shortly (luckily, my long run this weekend is only scheduled to be 12 miles, so it should not cost me too much to either reduce it or cut it out).
posted by pmk-one at 4:52:00 PM
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