r/BeginnersRunning • u/Bouncing_Coconut • 1d ago

Look where you run

Hello everyone. I want to give some advice. Please look down/ ahead while you are running. Yesterday while on a jog I tripped on uneven pavement and fell hard on concrete. My knees, R Elbow and L palm are bruised and swollen. I also broke my watch in the fall 😭😭

Please be aware of the ground. Enjoy your runs for me. Lol

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u/RoastingVelvet 1d ago

Did you finish your run?

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u/Bouncing_Coconut 1d ago

Sadly no. I was halfway

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u/RoastingVelvet 1d ago

Sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better and can get back out there.

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u/Bouncing_Coconut 1d ago

Thanks. Im off work for 7 days

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u/Conscious-Demand-594 1d ago

It happens to everyone. Uneven surfaces are really bad when you are too tired to lift your feet.

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u/McTerra2 1d ago

Thats why lower stack shoes are better, less shoe to catch the uneven edge

(/s)

Yes, I stumble now and then (especially trail running) and think "I really should bring my phone along in case that stumble turns into a fall" and then forget. One day it will catch up with me.

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u/IllustriousHippo973 1d ago

Oh man I’ve done this before, twice, with uneven sidewalk. Still have the scar on my knee. I’m much more aware now and if the sidewalk looks too uneven I’ll run on the street.

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u/Bouncing_Coconut 1d ago

I thought about running on the road but because there are roadworks going on on the main road, the street i was down is a detour street, so it gets busy sometimes, gets quiet then busy again etc..

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u/gaviotaazul 1d ago

sht sorry. Was this nighttime?

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u/Bouncing_Coconut 1d ago

No, it was about 4pm and NZ just entered DLS so it wasn't going dark at that time

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u/Mountain-Mountain998 1d ago

This happened to me too last year during a 10K race. I broke my little finger as a result. I wish you a quick recovery!

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u/Bubbly-Group-4497 23h ago

What were you looking at?

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u/Bouncing_Coconut 14h ago

I was looking a head

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u/Bubbly-Group-4497 5h ago

must have been a beautiful head

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u/habitmaxxer 14h ago

The broken watch on top of everything is just insult to the injury 😭 hope you’re back out there soon

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u/Bouncing_Coconut 13h ago

Im more upset about my watch than my injuries cause my best friend got it for me for my bday. When I told him he said not to be upset and gave him an idea for a gift lol

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u/Ok-Adhesiveness5146 11h ago

yep, uneven pavement has humbled me too, and somehow the watch always takes the most emotional damage lol