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Running and twitting don't mix

BRISTOL, ENGLAND — James Coleman, a jogger, has become the first man in Britain to suffer a "twinjury" - an injury sustained while using Twitter.

Office worker Mr Coleman, 23, was "tweeting" to his followers on his Blackberry while jogging to work when he cracked his head on a heavy low-hanging branch. The force of the impact sent the dazed runner crashing to the pavement and left him with a badly bruised black eye.

"I guess you could say I feel a right Twit," he said.

"One minute I was running along posting a tweet, the next I was lying on my back on the pavement in agony. The branch came out of nowhere and hit my face hard. I could only see through one eye for a couple of days afterwards, but the swelling has started to go down now."

"I was a laughing stock at the office. I don't even use Twitter that much to be honest. But I certainly won't be tweeting while running anymore."

Mr Coleman even recorded the accident on Friday on the social networking site by posting "Running to work, very late. Smacked my face against a branch, hurts. Forgot how tall I am. Danger of twittering..."

Half an hour later it was followed by: "Got to work, changed and sat at desk. Low lying branch twittering is unadvised. Best get on with some work."

Twitter was launched in 2006 but has boomed in recent months and now has an estimated 14 million users worldwide. British celebrity Stephen Fry has clocked up 500,000 followers while Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher is nearing the two million mark. In May, Twitter-addict Demi Moore posted a picture of herself in sunglasses with a missing tooth on her profile. And astronaut Michael J. Massimino updated the progress of the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, marking the first time Twitter was used in space.

Earlier this year an insurance company revealed the dangers of twittering whilst driving.

Credits - This true article, "Jogger injured after using Twitter as he ran", was published on "The Daily Telegraph".

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