I know this has no bearing on training, but I’m excited that I finally ditched my three old flip phone.
What’s even MORE exciting is that I finally ditched Sprint. They were just TERRIBLE in my area. Everybody I know on Verizon NEVER drop calls. Can’t even imagine what that like after dealing with 2-3 drop calls a day with Sprint.
Anyways, this is my new toy. I have no idea how to use it. The battery is charging. Figured once that is done then I’ll dive into the owners manual.
This is a result of a night ride at a local trail. Happened around 11:30pm. I was riding alone so thankfully it wasn’t worse. We’ve received a ton of rain lately so the trail was a little soft in the section I was going through. It was an off-camber trail with a drop off of about 6 feet into a small creek. I went over a particular section and the trail just washed out from my front tire. Almost like a mudslide. As I slid down the ravine, I slammed down on my right side with my hand being the first to hit. The area was all rocks so the entire right side of my body is bruised real good. I like to think I have a high tolerance for pain, but this was almost unbearable. It sucked the wind right out of me and I was very disoriented.
I was a mile away from my car which isn’t bad, but the ride back was extremely painful. I went to the ER but there was a 2 hour wait so I skipped that and went in the morning. Thankfully nothing broken, but they did set it in a splint, which they customized so I could still ride my road bike.
I also put a big gash in my carbon handlebars. I am hoping it doesn’t compromise the integrity of the bars. Those are expensive things to replace.
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A few weeks ago I took off on the trail without my helmet. Not sure why I forgot it. It was at the trail head, I just got wrapped up in whatever I was doing. I realized I didn’t have my helmet about 100 yards into the trail. I figured I’d just ride careful and there would be no issues. FYI: You would be amazed at how many little branches your head goes through on a typical ride. Branches you never noticed until you ride through them without a helmet. I will not forget a helmet again.
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