Took it a bit easy up Shooters, letting my legs rest a bit after abusing them on the Fig yesterday. Even though I backed off, I was only about 15 seconds off the pace (11:05 compared to about 10:50). Across the ridge, and down Pick and Shovel to the truck, still good. The screaming brakes were bugging me (damn metalic pads), but beyond that I felt in the groove.
Then, on the next section, I started off shakey, and ended up in the rocks. Maybe too much front brake to compensate for the howling rear. Front end got swimmy on the rocks, and I flew sideways. I had one of those "damn, this is going to hurt" moments between coming off and landing. And I was right. Damn, it hurt. Right side took a banging, but no deep cuts, and nothing broken (bike or me). Made for a painful rest of the ride though. Right leg crampy, head freaked out, brakes howling.
Looks like my left leg will have to take up the load next week, as I work on the kinks on the right. Hopefully I can work out the kinks in the head too, cuz going down rocky stuff ain't fun when you have fresh thoughts of how hard them a rocks are.
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ouch! I had a stupid little crash in my mtn bike race yesterday. thought I broke my finger early in the race.. I've got three big, black, swollen fingers today -- so pretty. amazingly enough they don't really hurt. hope you heal quickly! make sure to clean out those wounds really well.
Got all the dirt out, but it will take a while to get the lumps out of my quad and chin. I hear beer is a good muscle relaxer.
my sister's number one rule of first aid: "apply alcohol," and she's not referring to the type you rub into anything! beer is good. tequila is probably better.
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