I don’t want to say, “I told him so,” but I told him so… Back in mid-December Bill went out for a run just before it got dark. I had suggested that he go running while it was still light out because there were patches of snow melted on the trail that would be dangerously slick once they refroze when the sun went down.
Being the experienced runner that he is, he had all of the important running gear with him that one would take when running alone – in the dark – on an icy trail. Well, not exactly…
Headlamp – Check
Phone – Oops!
Yaktrax – Oops forgot them, too
Shoes – Check
Warm clothes – Check
Bill got home from his run shortly after I got home from work. He came in all bloody and beat up. He had slipped on the ice and had scraps, cuts, and bruises all along the left side of his body. I also noticed that he had a cut on his temple that looked like a bullet hole (you can thank me for not sharing that picture). When asked if he’d passed out when he hit his head, he said, “I don’t think so.”
The scene of the fall…
Photo taken the following day
I asked him how long he had lain there with his beacon of light shooting toward the sky confusing pilots that were trying to land at the local airport. He wasn’t sure…
I probably should have insisted that he go to urgent care that night, but didn’t. The next day he stopped by the doctor’s office and they said that it was too late for stitches, so they fixed him up the best they could. Without stitches it took his finger about three times as long to heal as it should have. His head and leg cuts and bruises healed quickly and he was able to run a couple of days later. All things considered, he was pretty lucky he wasn’t hurt worse. If only he’d been wearing his Yaktrax…
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I’m moving from the Australian desert to Ohio this year, and looking forward to the challenge of learning to run in snow and ice 🙂
Wow! That will be quite a change in climate!
I’m hoping next winter is a little milder *lol*
I will use the Yaktrax for running and they will probably get me out more on icy snowy days.
I thought they were very cool when I say Becky with them on last Saturday.
I wouldn’t even consider running tomorrow if I didn’t have Yaktrax; however, the cold windchill might keep me inside!
I just moved from North Carolina to Pennsylvania and am seeing more snow than I have ever experienced. I have not run outside since my move because I don’t have the right shoes and I miss it! I would definitely use my yaktraxs to safely run in the snow and ice!
You’ve had quite the introduction to Pennsylvania’s snowy winters!
Yikes!! Glad to hear Bill’s OK. That could have been really bad (as if his finger doesn’t look bad enough).
Yes, thank goodness he wasn’t hurt any more seriously!
When I lived in Minnesota I would run a 5k every Thanksgiving. One year it was 30 below with a windchill of -3. Burr
That’s COLD, especially for Thanksgiving!
I use Yaktrax when I run after a snow because all it takes is one fall and I’m out of commission from running. I live to run. Why chance it? Yaktrax it!
Love: “Why chance it? Yaktrax it!”
The winter here in Ohio has been brutal, lots of snow and sub-zero temperatures. I would use them after a snowfall, when their is snow, packed snow and ice on the ground.
I love running in the snow, but the sub zero windchill has kept me inside cross-training on my bike this week!
I just ran a 10 miler today, the temperature was -4 with a -12 wind chill. I dressed warm enough but my nose and cheeks were a bit cold!
You’re a beast!
I live in Wisconsin so I would use these 6 months out of the year! lol. I wish I would have had these back in college during an ice storm in northern MI. I was walking down a fairly large hill and fell and slid all the way down. I still have scars on my hands from trying to stop myself in anyway possible.
That’s a lot of months of “Yaktraxing!”
I’d be using them now if I had them! Icy roads have been keeping me on the treadmill quite a bit this winter.
That sounds (and looks!) like a brutal fall. Thank goodness it wasn’t any worse, especially since he didn’t have a phone with him! I run in up to -38C/-36F. However, my worst running fall was in the Hawaiian sunshine! I have a scar on top of my hip 13 years later!
Now I feel like a wimp for not running this week in the 0-10° mornings (windchill was as low as -15°). You’re a beast!
I read this awhile ago, but forgot to comment! I actually said “ahhhh” outloud when I saw Bill’s hand. Yikes! I bet he never forgets his Yak Trax now!
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I know. Poor guy, but I couldn’t feel too sorry for him because he did so many things wrong that night! No Yaktrax, no phone, running after the temps dropped and the water from the melted snow refroze…
Hmmmm he sounds so much like a certain someone that I am married to. 🙂
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