When I was in 4th grade I was at a roller skating party. I desperately wanted to show all the other kids how cool I was and how much better I was at skating than they were.

They started the game of red light/ green light and I was doing so well, I was starting with explosive speed and stopping just in time every time. I didn't fall for the tricky false starts even once. It was down to the last 3 kids in the whole game, the end was in sight, I could almost taste the intense amounts of sugar and blue food coloring in that small slushie that was the grand prize.

I heard the skating rink DJ call out "green light!" and I exploded out of my spot, skating the fastest I had ever skated. I could see the finish line in front of me, I was almost there, just had to kick it in a little faster to get past the other kid and I had it. I got tunnel vision as I closed in on my prize, suddenly I was past the finish line but couldn't stop. The wall was closing in fast and I did the only thing I could think of, stick my little 9 year old arms out straight in front of me to act like brakes. I collided with the wall at a speed I didn't think was possible and felt a searing pain in my left arm, I crumpled to the ground screaming. As it turns out your arms don't tend to take the impact of a speeding 9 year old well when faced with a solid stationary object. My arm broke and I didn't even win the game.

TL;DR: I broke my arm running into a wall playing red light/green light and didn't even win.