What’s the most ridiculous thing that ever happened to you on a run — like, the story you’d tell to convince someone not to take up running?
During a 21km run, I faced a desperate situation by kilometer five.
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Hey, David. Yeah, man. I was, running, like, a long run. I believe I set out to run 21 kilometers. And then by kilometer five, I had to take a massive shit.
Tripped on sandy road while running; it was an embarrassing fall.
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one time, I wasn't looking at the road, and I fell down because the road was a bit sandy, and it made me slip. And I splinted around. It was very, very embarrassing.
Encountered a guy in a banana suit during a marathon—hilarious surprise at mile 20!
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Yeah. We,
Forgot to tie my shoes and face-planted while running—definitely a lesson learned!
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So there was this one time where I forgot to lace the finally laces. So I started running, and then I fell face straight. And I and I yeah. And I was embarrassing. I I I wouldn't recommend anyone to not to tie their shoes properly.
A broken shoe taught me the importance of investing in quality running shoes.
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So there was this one time where I was running, and then my shoe broke. So I need to get new shoes. So what I would say to people, is to get some good shoes for running.
A team run turned intense when an engineer nearly collapsed.
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You know, for our last team offside, we ran, running together as a team, and, we almost killed one of our engineers. It was intense.
