Posted on 06/03/2019 7:47:44 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Cecelia DeWitt, a member of the Coldwater High School track team in Michigan, has a few running goals she wants to complete before college: After her junior year, she had planned on running her first half marathon, which would prepare her to go the full 26.2 after her senior year.
So she signed up for the Bayshore Half Marathon in Traverse City on May 25 to achieve the first part of it. Her dad, Joe, did the same, and helped her train in preparation for their big day.
Everything seemed to go accordingly to plan on race day until the DeWitts were about 3.5 miles in. That’s when they were met with a completely unexpected obstacle.
The runners had just passed an aid station, when Joe recalled hearing those around him yell, “Deer!” The animal immediately ran into him, kicking Cecelia in her thigh before running off the course.
“It knocked both of us down, but my initial thought was ‘Get up and go straight to her [Cecelia],’” Joe told Runner’s World.
Aside from some bruising, a few scratches from the deer’s hooves, and soreness from the hit, Joe and Cecelia didn’t suffer from any major injuries. Cecelia did have to receive a tetanus shot after the ordeal, though.
(Excerpt) Read more at runnersworld.com ...
Well, considering the deer seemed to violently attack them, I would say that is a big YES.
When did Michigan switch to the metric system?
Poor deer. /playonwords
I know a guy from Coldwater. Richard Withers. His friends call him Dick. Anybody here also know a Dick Withers in Coldwater?
CC
Oh deer...
As we say in scuba diving, “if you didn’t get a picture, it didn’t happen.”
Or “she” would have beaten the crap out of the deer for calling her “sir.”
LOL
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