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Falling Down and Getting Back Up

Written by: Brad Feld

Article Overview: There’s nothing quite like taking a major spill an hour into a 90 minute trail run - in the mountains – alone – early in the morning.

Falling Down and Getting Back Up

There’s nothing quite like taking a major spill an hour into a 90 minute trail run - in the mountains – alone – early in the morning.

I was going downhill – pretty fast - when all of a sudden I was falling forward for no discernible reason. My knee took most of the impact (hence the torn pants and a cut the size of a silver dollar) – quickly followed by my forearms (yup – I’ve had a lot of practice falling when running.) A 30 second system check later and I was back up on my feet. I shook it off and continued on my way.

Kind of like the process of creating a company.

Read this article in Brad's blog.

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