2006-07-01 05:05:45 · 13 answers · asked by turtle girl 7 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
One run was when I was in basic training for the Army. We had our group run, and the drill sergeant couldn't keep up. He ended up stopping to vomit -- completely true. It was a tough run for me, but it was our way to give it back to them for a chance, of course, he got us back....
2006-07-01 05:11:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, that's certainly an understatement. I live semi- in the ocuntry and have a nice road by my house that's exactly a half mile long. I run down it to track my time and distance and such as sort of a control for my exercise. It's fairly dead, but I run on the left hand side of the road on the narrow shoulder so that if there is a passing car in the lane nearest me, I'll be able to see it coming head on, instead of having to turn all the way around. The speed limit is only 35, so it's not as daring as running along side an interstate! Well, maybe 2 and a half years ago I was running on the road and saw a beat-up old ford pick-up truck;all rusted out and on it's last leg of life. I move myself to the most outside part of the shoulder and continue; a passing truck is no unusual sight. Anyway, as he gets closer, I notice he's not moving himself closer to the center of the road, like most courteous drivers do. I think whatever though, we share the road and I'm out of his way as best possible. However, as he passes me, his rearview mirror barely clips my shoulder! I immediately spin, drop to my knees and fall backwards in the grass that bordered the road. I saw then that the reason this guy hadn't pulled to the center was because a bigger truck with a trailer was in the opposite lane. The driver must not have even realized what he did because he kept on driving and his truck was sputtering pretty loudly. Anyway, I check my shoulder to see if it's dislocated or anything and I find I can move my arm just fine. I feel around for any abormal lumps, bumps, prottrusions; basically giving myself a road side physical test! I stand up a minute later, stretch it out, and return home (this time walking in the grass!). This even t scared me much more than it physically harmed me. If I hadn't moved myself to the outside of the shoulder, I would have hit the mirror with my whole right arm, practically, and I don't know how bad that could have been. I fel very fortunate to just be knocked around a little bit. Anyway, that's my story!
2006-07-01 12:22:25 · answer #2 · answered by Johnny Blaze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of things that could help you remember a run. I know the one thing you'll never forget when you first begin is the pain you will endure. Maybe you will remember the first time you run a certain distance or hit a goal time. The runs that have always stuck out for me were the ones in the rain or snow, those are the most miserable, yet the most fun and most memorable.
2006-07-01 12:08:28 · answer #3 · answered by Cedars Coach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will never forget the run I took after my g/f broke up with me.
It was raining in mid august in alabama. I ran 4 miles on gravel barefoot.
I learned several things that day.
#1 If you have never run any further than your mailbbox in gravel, you are not capable of running 4 miles on gravel.
#2 God made runner's high for a reason. To help stupid people who have gotten to far from home to make it back.
#3 If you run 4 miles on gravel your feet will not *get* blood blisters. They will *become* blood blisters.
#4 Those blood blisters will make you walk like your an arthritic old man for a solid month.
2006-07-01 12:17:20 · answer #4 · answered by John H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The run I recall the has to be the 2 1/4 mile in US Navy Boot camp back in 1978.
2006-07-01 12:11:14 · answer #5 · answered by reporebuilder 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first 5 mile race at 10. I really didn't know what I was in for. It was the day before Thanksgiving and like 40 degrees and drizzling, so I froze, and 1/2 way through the temperature dropped and it started snowing! I finished in 52 minutes, the longest 52 minutes of my life!
2006-07-01 19:39:21 · answer #6 · answered by operagirlmary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our FOB was getting attacked on Christmas Eve last year and we had to run to the link up point to meet up with the rest ot the platoon. Its was scary and hectic. Everyone was going in all the directions and the BOOMS were going off! I'll never forget that. That was also the one smoke brake I'll never forget.
2006-07-01 12:13:29 · answer #7 · answered by sososad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was league finals and our HS 4 by 4 team's number one 400 meter runner got injured in the 100 meter pre-lims and they recruited me at the last minute to run in his place. I was a distance runner and was best at down to 800 meters. I was soo nervous. When I was handed the baton for the third leg, I kept our team in second place and our anchor finished first. It was one of the best moments of my life.
2006-07-01 14:03:17 · answer #8 · answered by txedomask433 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That time I was running through the woods and saw somebody fall into the trap I set up earlier.
2006-07-01 19:22:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A special run?
Yeah, that would be the fifty yard dash to the outhouse.
2006-07-01 17:49:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋