High School Runner Breaks Tibia & Fibia and then Crawls Final 45 Feet
 

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I saw the story on FNC today with a differnt video from this angle. But, I can't find that video on YouTube or anywhere else.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...kwardt_300.jpg

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Whatever dude, I did that [censored] yesterday.

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Wow, she's dumb. It would be one thing if it was the Olympics or something, but a D-III cross country meet? Who cares?

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Wow, she's dumb. It would be one thing if it was the Olympics or something, but a D-III cross country meet? Who cares?

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Runners are pretty intense and try to gut it out through pain all the time. My ex-gf ran for almost a full season on a broken hip. Twice.

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My ex-gf ran for almost a full season on a broken hip. Twice.

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Twice? Nice work, tone.

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pretty ballsy, plus it'll be with you for the rest of your life

friend 1: come on man, tell us that story again
grando: come on - you've heard it tons already
hot girl 1: come on tell us
hot girl 2: yeah
friend 1: [censored] this [censored] is so awesome
grando: alright
hot girl 2: sweet
grando: bla bla bla new york marathon bla bla snapped my leg in 2 places yada yada told my sister beforehand that this race was for her bla bla crawled another half mile just for her
friend 1: giggity
[bedroom scene missing]

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Runners are pretty intense and try to gut it out through pain all the time. My ex-gf ran for almost a full season on a broken hip. Twice.

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My wife ran down the stairs with her eyes swollen shut. Twice.

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crazy that she kept running after hearing cracks in her leg. the 45 ft doesnt seem to crazy.

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Wow, that is a ridiculously awesome story. Probably dumb as [censored] on her part, but tremendous to hear about. I give massive kudos.

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I partly pulled my calf muscle during a rec-league soccer match a few months ago. But I knew the ref wasn't about to blow the whistle for me while the other team was threatening to score. I was hopping around on one foot trying to play defense and eventually blocked a shot and was able to kick it out of bounds.

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Wow, she's dumb. It would be one thing if it was the Olympics or something, but a D-III cross country meet? Who cares?

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Not really. The banner girl who was run over by the football team made Good Morning America. This girl might get Letterman.

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Wow, she's dumb. It would be one thing if it was the Olympics or something, but a D-III cross country meet? Who cares?

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Wow, YOU'RE dumb.

"I had come so far. Our team had come so far. All season, we had been working for state, and now we were there. I was almost done, and there was no way I was going to let the team down."

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I partly pulled my calf muscle during a rec-league soccer match a few months ago. But I knew the ref wasn't about to blow the whistle for me while the other team was threatening to score. I was hopping around on one foot trying to play defense and eventually blocked a shot and was able to kick it out of bounds.

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i guess you win sportsman of the year over this chick. hoping around on one foot while kicking a ball (with the same foot?) is good for like 3-4 CNNSI offseason features.

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But, I can't find that video on YouTube or anywhere else.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...kwardt_300.jpg

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About 1:35 into the video.

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Wow, she's dumb. It would be one thing if it was the Olympics or something, but a D-III cross country meet? Who cares?

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Wow, YOU'RE dumb.

"I had come so far. Our team had come so far. All season, we had been working for state, and now we were there. I was almost done, and there was no way I was going to let the team down."

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who wouldn't say this during the interview?

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I partly pulled my calf muscle during a rec-league soccer match a few months ago. But I knew the ref wasn't about to blow the whistle for me while the other team was threatening to score. I was hopping around on one foot trying to play defense and eventually blocked a shot and was able to kick it out of bounds.

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i guess you win sportsman of the year over this chick. hoping around on one foot while kicking a ball (with the same foot?) is good for like 3-4 CNNSI offseason features.

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Yes. That's exactly what I thought. I made a helluva play.

To the original post: Anyone who thinks this girl is dumb just doesn't get it. Just because an athlete competes for D3 doesn't mean they are any less dedicated or passionate about their sport or winning a championship than somebody at D1 or at the Olympics.
Many of those student-athletes would be less talented of course...but that doesn't mean they care about winning or competing any less.

There's a lot of time and effort and practicing that goes into the various sports. You don't just go to all those practices and dedicate that much of your life to it and then say, "meh...I don't really care about my team or sport that much. It's only D3 afterall."

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To the original post: Anyone who thinks this girl is dumb obv. never played sports before.

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To the original post: Anyone who thinks this girl is dumb obv. never played sports before.

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lol, this girl is so damn stupid

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I will go out on a limb and say that this kid will be successful at anything she tries.

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It's like Derek Redmond without the audience.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerri_Strug

Kerri Strug in the 1996 Olympics vaulted while injured.

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The finish was good for 67th place

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this is why she is a moron, there are plenty of competitive situations where trying to get up after your leg breaks could seem justified, risking greater injury to finish in 67th place is not one of them

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It was probably the truth. Jesus, I never realized so many people in a sports forum obviously have never played sports before. If you've never tried to play through something to be competitive or help your team you would probably reply with "wow she's dumb" or "who wouldn't say that?"

Luckily, 2P2's ability to ruin any story is thankfully intact.

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I'm willing to bet more than 1 out of every 2 people in this situation would crawl to the finish line. I don't consider this to be that incredible of a story. Sorry.

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I'm willing to bet more than 1 out of every 2 people in this situation would crawl to the finish line. I don't consider this to be that incredible of a story. Sorry.

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I kinda agree with this, though I think your proportions are a little bit off. It's still a decent human interest piece, and it reminded me of this story, which chokes me up when I think about it.

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I'm willing to bet more than 1 out of every 2 people in this situation would crawl to the finish line. I don't consider this to be that incredible of a story. Sorry.

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How about one out of two people would stop maybe the second time they heard a crack coming from their leg during the race? Guess she had the "runner's high?"

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Ummm, do ya think?
Yes, runners already train themselves to keep going through pain and through every single thing in their body telling them to stop.

I'm amazed at a lot of runners honestly.

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Ok, I have reconsidered my opinion. This was a very stupid move on her part. But I am very much impressed with the grit and determination it took even though it was a stupid move.

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To the original post: Anyone who thinks this girl is dumb obv. never played sports before.

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Maybe you guys dont know what "dumb" means? I mean, lots of people do brave, gritty, tough-minded things that are extremely dumb. No one is saying she is a pussy. She is tough, this was tough, she is a warrior, blah blah blah blah. The only reason that every guy in the NFL isnt a gigantic retard is because they get big fat paychecks. She risked permanent disability to finish a race. That is both brave and very dumb.

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This made me LOL. Reminds me of something Kramer would say.

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I think risking permanent disability might be stretching it.

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Why? I didnt say she is going to be a quadriplegic or something, but its entirely possible that running around on your broken leg can lead to reduced function and long-term disability.

If it doesnt then I dont want anyone chastising me when I sit around hoping Tom Brady gets his leg broken. It cant hurt him permanently, so who cares!

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The only reason that every guy in the NFL isnt a gigantic retard is because they get big fat paychecks.

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This is idiotic. Not a single football player simply loves playing the game and the only reason they play is for money?

What about the guys who played in the 50's through 70's who didn't make nearly as much?
What about the guys who have been paid reasonably low to play in the CFL, NFL-Europe, Arena and/or Arena2, etc.
They run the same types of risk of injury for the most part.

The guys in these leagues are not just playing for their paychecks. Same goes for the guys in the NFL.

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For a high school athlete, who will almost certainly value her mobility and physical fitness for as long as she has it in life, no matter what she ends up doing, yes; it was probably "dumb" in one sense. If you don't think trying to finish a race on a shattered leg could potentially cause permanent damage to that leg you clearly don't understand how the human body works.

The fact that it may have been dumb does NOT take anything away from this story, and is in fact a major part of what makes it impressive. I teared up when I was reading through the story, because it genuinely is amazing (though admittedly not on the Kerri Strug level).

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I'm willing to bet more than 1 out of every 200 people in this situation would crawl to the finish line.

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FYP.

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Kerri Strug in the 1996 Olympics vaulted while injured.

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Didn't she not have to do this? USA had already won the gold, they just weren't sure?

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All I know is female cross country runner pee themselves. Dead serious, I almost through up when one of the girls in my high school, which is/has been national contenders the last 20 years told me my senior year. That is gross.

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sure didn't look like 45feet to me, more like 20

probably a really stupid move on here part, congrats to finishing though I guess

the crawling probably isn't that dangerous, the trying to walk again part was pretty nuts

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She is tough.

Visually, the finish line was so close I think many people would have crawled.

It may not have been the Olympics, but for her it was important.

45 feet is not that far. Crawl across your living room twice!! Bingo.

Crawling for 50 yards or more would have been silly, but most of us have sank putts longer than she crawled. Let's not make it out to be something super heroic.

Also, it might have been more painful for her (in another way) to lay there within 15 yards of the finish line than it would be to crawl.

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"I'm willing to bet more than 1 out of every 200 people in this situation would crawl to the finish line."

I apologize for being vague in my odds. I meant one out of every two athletes put in that position. Sure, it was gritty. But c'mon, the adrenaline is so ridiculous in that position along with-the fact that she probably felt a sense of unwarranted humiliation in that sort of position. Instinct + adrenaline in that situation and I bet more than half of the athletes are crawling to the finish line as fast as possible.

A longer distance than this video showed makes it a totally different situation for me.

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"I'm willing to bet more than 1 out of every 200 people in this situation would crawl to the finish line."

I apologize for being vague in my odds. I meant one out of every two athletes put in that position. Sure, it was gritty. But c'mon, the adrenaline is so ridiculous in that position along with-the fact that she probably felt a sense of unwarranted humiliation in that sort of position. Instinct + adrenaline in that situation and I bet more than half of the athletes are crawling to the finish line as fast as possible.

A longer distance than this video showed makes it a totally different situation for me.

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