[CharleyBrown]

Can't compare to most of those I read in here so far.. but

Had a stress fracture in each leg, but I promised my brother I'd run the local 5 mile turkey trot... with 1 mile to go, my leg gave out (broke)... I finished the race despite the pain.

Like an idiot, I decided to run-limp 6 miles each of the next two days. Finally decided to see the doctor and get x-rays that revealed how much of an idiot I was.

Ran for two more years... my last race was a 4x800 meter relay. I was the leadoff leg.. handed off in first. When I stepped off the track, my leg gave out again. Broke both my tibia and fibula. It was a fitting end to my 5-year running career, as during that period, I had a grand total of 19 stress fractures / simple fractures.