Sunday, I planned to go out for an hour bike followed by an hour run.
Unfortunately, after about 30 minutes of riding I crashed with my bike and I have been off physical activity since then.
I was riding hard on my favorite run trail and leaned my head down for a couple of seconds to take a sip of drink and When I looked at the road again, the trail was splitting in 2 and before I could do anything my front when was a couple of inches off the right edge of the trail. The edge was rounded and my front tired slipped, sending me down to an immediate fall. I must have been going 20 to 25mph at the time I fell and the fall was hard.
I fell directly on my left hip and slipped on the tarmac for about 7-10 yards.
I was wearing my TYR carbon top and shorts and the shorts helped limit the mount of skin burn. In addition to that, the skin on my left ankle, left calf, elbow and shoulder was burned at various levels.
Surprisingly the bike was almost intact. Aside from a few scrapes on the left handle, the was no apparent damage.
When I got up from the fall I felt very dizzy from stopping in the middle of a zone 5 effort so abruptly. The pain on the left side of my body was also immediate and it took a minute or 2 for me to collect myself before I could jump back on the bike.
After the fall, with the bleeding and the pain, I did not feel like going on and headed back home.
I cleaned the wounds and shaved but it was not sufficient to prevent an infection. On Wednesday, my angle and hip were swollen, red and painful.
I decided to go to the doctor to get some medication. I am planning more exercise this week end and I am not currently in physical condition to do so.
One thing I found remarkable is that despite the incredible about of friction on my shorts at the hip level when I fell, my shorts showed no sign of damage and scrapes. The quality of this garment is mighty impressive...
Anyway. This week was yet another rest week..
Another annoyance this week was a letter from the organizers of ES140 sending me a partial refund for the race entry fee. Yes partial!! Can you believe it? They fail to plan a race properly and as a result had to cancel it which cost me and probably most participants cancellation fees for planes and reservations and in turn they cannot even refund the entry to the race fully. Just unbelievable....
Unfortunately, after about 30 minutes of riding I crashed with my bike and I have been off physical activity since then.
I was riding hard on my favorite run trail and leaned my head down for a couple of seconds to take a sip of drink and When I looked at the road again, the trail was splitting in 2 and before I could do anything my front when was a couple of inches off the right edge of the trail. The edge was rounded and my front tired slipped, sending me down to an immediate fall. I must have been going 20 to 25mph at the time I fell and the fall was hard.
I fell directly on my left hip and slipped on the tarmac for about 7-10 yards.
I was wearing my TYR carbon top and shorts and the shorts helped limit the mount of skin burn. In addition to that, the skin on my left ankle, left calf, elbow and shoulder was burned at various levels.
Surprisingly the bike was almost intact. Aside from a few scrapes on the left handle, the was no apparent damage.
When I got up from the fall I felt very dizzy from stopping in the middle of a zone 5 effort so abruptly. The pain on the left side of my body was also immediate and it took a minute or 2 for me to collect myself before I could jump back on the bike.
After the fall, with the bleeding and the pain, I did not feel like going on and headed back home.
I cleaned the wounds and shaved but it was not sufficient to prevent an infection. On Wednesday, my angle and hip were swollen, red and painful.
I decided to go to the doctor to get some medication. I am planning more exercise this week end and I am not currently in physical condition to do so.
One thing I found remarkable is that despite the incredible about of friction on my shorts at the hip level when I fell, my shorts showed no sign of damage and scrapes. The quality of this garment is mighty impressive...
Anyway. This week was yet another rest week..
Another annoyance this week was a letter from the organizers of ES140 sending me a partial refund for the race entry fee. Yes partial!! Can you believe it? They fail to plan a race properly and as a result had to cancel it which cost me and probably most participants cancellation fees for planes and reservations and in turn they cannot even refund the entry to the race fully. Just unbelievable....
