So my friend Laura (who is running the marathon with me) and I went over to the gym to get in our daily workout. We were on side-by-side treadmills and at one point, I hopped off to go turn the fan on, and then stepped back on to continue my run.
Only I forgot that I'd left the treadmill running.
As soon as my foot hit the moving treadmill, I was down. I swear it happened in slow motion: me casually stepping on and then slowly going down...down...down onto my side, where I could not move because a) the damn treadmill was moving so there was nothing to grab on to and b) I was too stunned and laughing too hard. So I just stayed there laughing while the moving rubber gave me a road-rash on my leg.
The very best part? EVERY ONE IN THE WHOLE GYM SAW IT HAPPEN. The cool, young, athletic attorneys...our administrative director who competes in Iron Man competitions....the gym staff....the ex-Marine who works in my program. Ooooh yeah, no one was able to miss me, laying on my side like a beetle and Laura laughing so hard that I think she peed her pants a little bit. My saving grace is that because it was still running, it eventually spit me off the back end.
Oh, I wish I had the video from the security cameras. I'm pretty sure that's going to be a classic in the gym-staff break room.
Gratuitous injury photo: they are both actually MUCH worse than they look. I swear.
Oh, and then Laura had to go and tell me that once? She knew someone who got a scrape like this and that person ended up spending a week in the hospital with a raging staph infection and the doctors thought they were going to have to amputate her leg. Isn't that a great story? I tell you, Laura's the person you want by your side when training for a marathon.
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Like I said - I'm SO sorry! I wasn't there to see it!
Bwahahahahaha!
OWWWWWWWWWW ! That had to really hurt ! That is a bit like me falling down at the bowling lanes, but I just got a bruise. You got a "rode rash". You rode it all the way to the floor. owwwww
You know you're not the only one who's ever done that, but its different when its YOU !
Me too. I'm---ha ha---sooooo---ha ha ----sorrrrrry--
The thing is, part of me feels really, really terrible. But the other part of me is now trying not to pee my pants. Again. And I almost fell down laughing again when I told Sefo.
I think maybe we should pick a gym time when the popular boys aren't there, because karma dictates that something similar will soon happen to me...
The thing is, part of me feels really, really terrible. But the other part of me is now trying not to pee my pants. Again. And I almost fell down laughing again when I told Sefo.
I think maybe we should pick a gym time when the popular boys aren't there, because karma dictates that something similar will soon happen to me...
Dear Laura,
YOU SUCK.
That is hilarious. I wish I'd seen it. Or that there was video.
(People falling off treadmills is my go-too funny. Seriously, do a YouTube search!)
Of course, because I say this, it will now happen to me.
Robyn, you are sick. I knew I liked you! :) I should have known there would be a you-tube category for it.
Ohh, I'm so sorry for your injury. I'm so much more sorry for how much your injury makes people laugh. You really need to set up a video camera next time...
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