i keep doing these things

Today was the Groton Town Forest Trail Race - 9.5 miles of "narrow dirt roads and winding single lane trails, with lots of roots, rocks, leaves, uphills, and downhills". I was under-trained and (it turns out) under-fueled, but it was going fine until, around mile 5, I tripped over a root and fell. And fell 3 more times between miles 8 and 9 - stubbed the same toe every time. It's impressively bruised, and hurts like a mother. But I not only finished the race, but sprinted to the finish (because another runner was trying to pass me in the last 100 yards or so - he did manage at the very end, by a shoulder, but I made him work for it :).