Much pain right now...but by god I feel manly

So, I figured that I should let everyone else know what's up right now. I took a nasty fall running today. I made it 8k, no problem. But then, two thirds done, I crash. The whole way over, I've been right behind Tessa, from Ontario. She's not taking off too fast, she's got short legs, so I'm not moving too fast either, but coming down a hill, she took off all of the sudden, so I followed, but I tripped over a root, so the whole way down, I'm stumbling and knowing I'm going to fall as soon as I hit the bottom, so I'm like shouting at her to get out of the way, and she missed it, so, to avoid flattening her, I end up tossing myself into the rocks on the side of the path, and taking the skid in the hip. I got back up, eventually, and I picked up some nice wounds. I have a full knee abrasion on both knees, double elbow scrapes, left hand gravel gouges, right upper chest full scrape, and best for last, about six inches of gouges along my ribs, down to my left hip, which hurts to move. I went into the Nurse when I got back and she kept me for about a half an hour, to make sure I was ok, and to clean out all of these nice scrapes. So right now I've been in bed for the past four hours, alternating between sleeping in the one position that doesn't hurt, on the right side, curled up, and waking up to my roommate and his girlfriend fighting. Joy. But, and this is the manly, chivalrous part, Tessa didn't even get touched. And so, I'll have some good new scars when I come home, chicks dig those. I'm going back to bed.

Nathan