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 I just completed an "interesting" training run and thought it might be fun to hear your stories about interesting, fun, or exciting runs you've completed.  Anyone have any good stories?

 Today, after several days of rain, I should have known better then to run in the park with a stream.  It started out okay, warm and sunny, but I soon hits parts of the train that were flooded.  Most areas were only ankle deep but others were deeper, much deeper.  One section some 40 yards long was up to my mid thigh and in one spot I was up to my waist in rushing water.  I was happy not be washed away and that I had a towel in my car.  Hey, at least it's spring and the snow is gone!

Sounds like fun. That reminds me of my first cross country race way back in highschool. It was right after a monsoon. At one point there was a small river across the course flowing pretty fast. If took about three strides to get across it with near waste deep water. On the way out I made it, but on the way back I fell and took someone down with me. But man it was damn fun!

 today I saw some lady locked out of her house, pounding on the front door, yelling at somebody inside.  Just joking around though, nothing heavy.

two kids rode by in bikes, one was telling the other he wanted to be a Paleontologist.  (had to spell check that)

because today I ran for the first time without music.  so i heard stuff.

 

danmanning2007:

 today I saw some lady locked out of her house, pounding on the front door, yelling at somebody inside.  Just joking around though, nothing heavy.

two kids rode by in bikes, one was telling the other he wanted to be a Paleontologist.  (had to spell check that)

because today I ran for the first time without music.  so i heard stuff.

 

Did you misread "most interesting" for "most random unimportance" ?

Well lets see - there was the time at ND when I ran into a brick wall as I thought I was going around it, or the time that I stepped into fresh concrete that had just been poured...it totally sucked my foot in and Im surprised I didnt lose my shoe - the guys pouring the concrete were slightly pissed but told me to rinse off the stuff from my shoe before it hardened...  I was apologizing profusely and then one guy said "so a nike size 7??"  It was pretty funny.  In the summer months many times I have stopped at random people's houses (in and around cannonsburg so not really a normal "neighborhood") and used their hoses/water spigots to drink from...  I got a bloody nose once during a run and was only a mile or so from home so once I had stopped it by appling pressure with my hands I kept on running home, and then a car stopped by me and asked me if I was ok, must have looked like someon had attacked me with all the blood on my hands/face and plus I was running - "are you sure you're ok??"  yup just a bloody nose...I remember running in mexico on our honeymoon and peeing roadside because of all the diet coke I drank - didnt know anyone there so I really didnt care:)  Oh yes and of course many run with a certain Mcbeev in high school were always memorable - someone had to make sure the guys kept up a good pace right?

Shes's not lieing either. She always tried to make us look bad back then! Coaches dont like it when the girls beat you during a run. Don't worry MrsMcbeev you will be back out there soon.

 I've had many running "expereinces" but have never run into a brick wall.  I suspect there is more to that story.  Where you running home from the bar?  Running away from a certain Mcbeev?  On second thought don't tell me.  I can make up something more interesting then the truth :-)

 New story.  I have so many.  Maybe 10 years ago I was running out near Big Bear Lake California.  I ran up to the Pacific Crest Trail and was running on that.  It's beautiful at 8,000 feet overlooking the lake and pine forests.  It was a wonderful warm, sunny summer's day.  It's very rugged country and, at that point, the Pacific Crest is a winding trial that negotiates granite cliffs and boulders. 

 I came around a blind corner to find myself confronted with; no not a mountain lion or bear, but a preacher, groom in tuxedo and bride in flowing white wedding dress.  There was also a photographer.  As you might guess we were all quite startled at my sudden and unexpected arrival.  I broke the stunned silence by saying "Hi, I'm Tom".  I was then introduced to the wedding party and invited to stay for the ceremony which had only just started when I interrupted. 

 It was a brief but lovely ceremony and I was invited to sign the official documentation as the "witness".  Oddly, in my sweaty running shorts and t-shirt, I was NOT invited to be in any of the photos :-(.  I wished the newly weds congratulations and good luck and was on my way!  

 Nothing better then a love story to make a good run great! 

Thats crazy Tom! Another funny one for me was when I was just starting running, freshman year in highschool. We had these interval workouts that were called gut busters. Basically speed / interval work up a long sloping hill. And they were usually at the end of a run. So my buddy and I decided it would be great to skip the run and jog to his house and eat cereal, since he lived very close to the practice start location. And we got back at about the same time as everyone else and our coach sprang on us that we had to do some gut busters that day. Needless to say we our guts were busted and everyone saw what we had done instead of running... Last time I did that.