Deer Collision Knocks High School Runner Out of First Half Marathon

Runner's World ^ | June 1, 2019 | Taylor Dutch

[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.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Rats with hooves.

[stevio]

Guess you never had the back straps.

[blueunicorn6]

What was the deer’s time for the race?

[dfwgator]

Oh, Deer!

[Deaf Smith]

Rub some dirt on it.

Walk it off.

You waiting for a wahbulance?

[Taxman]

Now, I have traveled East,
And I have traveled West,
And I hope to travel some more
But, I have never heard of a story like before!

[piasa]

or better yet the tenders...

[Enterprise]

Get up and finish the race weakling.

[kiryandil]

Still rats with hooves.   

[moovova]

A trans-female runner would’ve just gotten up, shook it of...and completed the race.

Or, sat down as cried.

[The_Media_never_lie]

These two need lessons on how to pass the buck.

[EdnaMode]

Aww, that’s a bummer.

[Cowboy Bob]

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.

Are marathons for girls shorter than the ones for boys?

[xrmusn]

Grooooaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!

[DoodleBob]

[Bob434]

that’s a shame, because he paid dearly to be in that race

now he lost all his doe

and now noone’s gonna fawn over him

[mass55th]

The most important question to ask, is if the deer was a transgender.

[budj]

From the article, she's definitely having some Moomer's Ice Cream.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

*groan*

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Maybe the ones for girls are actually in kilometers.