WHAT’S BEEN YOUR BIGGEST RACE MISHAP?

On the big day, dignity stays at home

WE ASK, YOU ANSWER

Standing on the start line of the Cranleigh 21 and realising I hadn’t put my race number on.

Sophie Watkins

At mile 20 of a marathon, in my oxygen-deprived fog, I ran up and hugged a stranger who looked like an old friend.

Suzanne Smalling Edler

Dropping my gels on the floor of a portable toilet at mile three of a marathon.

Whitney Blankenship

Accidentally swapping timing chips

with my girlfriend before the Nike Run London 10K – and finishing as fourth woman.

Jeff P

At 4km into a 10K I got a bad stomach. I went to relieve myself behind some bushes – and only realised I had an audience when it was too late.

Terry S

Ten miles into a half, the elastic in my shorts gave out. The next year – same race, same place, different shorts – it happened again.

Charles Potter