bad run of cards in torney...what to do

[BrianSwa]

not sure if this should be in the how do you play it section or not feel free to move it if you want.

what do you do if your in a tornament and your hitting a real bad run of cards? I was in one the other day 2,000 people in it and I hit a real bad run early on. This was no problem because blinds where so low that I could wait it out and I got up in chips but then later in the tornament 300 left I hit another terrible run of cards and I folded total of 3-4 orbits till I was blinded all in with 77 and flopped 7QQ I ended up winning that but couple hands later I was blinded all in and lost and ended up getting 85th or so. Question is did I screw up folding those 3-4 orbits or should I of tried a less then premiem hand and hope to hit the flop, I was getting stuff like low connectors and low suited cards in early position and total garbage in late position. Should I of tried the connectors and suited cards in early position and hope it didnt get raised, or did I do the right thing and just get unlucky with the bad runs? I did steal a couple blinds but wasnt enough to wait for premiem hand. Thanks in advance for advice.