My Sat run was unimpressive, had stomach issues and felt terrible :( Bound to happen at times, but was bummed. Got in less than 10. Letting it go down in the books, and hoping for a better next weekend.
Sunday's bike ride was something, something crazy. Three crashes in one day unfortunately. Set out for a 60-mile ride and was supposed to run 30 after. We left from Oaks, and it ended up only being Doreen, Eric and I. It was muggy and hot, rain on the forecast. We ended up missing the rain luckily. At mile 16, we had to reroute our course because of a bridge being out. Ended up coming to a trestle bridge that unfortunately caused Doreen's crash. She is ok thank goodness, but has some pretty crazy bruises (that she wouldn't let me take pictures of ;)). Most important thing is she was ok, and hopefully all her bumps and bruises are superficial. And thank goodness she wasn't riding her brand spanking new bike.
After we got her help and made sure she was ok, Eric and I continued on with her urging. Made it through a solid ride, and came to the literal end. Mile 62 or 62.5. Going down a 9-12% grade hill (GPS registers it as 12% while the sign says 9%). Knew it was slippery so we took it slow. Eric was ahead of me, and I had to watch him fish tale and slide to a hard fall. He slide down the hill a bit, and I kept trying to brake on. But I couldn't stop enough or slow down. I came to the same spot I watched Eric slide on, and did the same. Tried to steer away from him and keep control, but it was a wash. Fell awkwardly, front first and slide into Eric. Got up and made sure we were ok and tried to get my bike off of him. I think my boob took a lot of it, randomly. Both of us walked away. Eric with some good gashes and falling hard on his bum leg right on the incision. I have minor road rash on my shoulder, elbow and knee.
This morning some soreness on my left side, shoulder and leg. I got off the easiest. Noticed my bike took a little beating too, and need to have her checked out. I think the handlebars got bent and the tape is ripped. Rode 2 hours today, and made it ok. So that's a plus. Damage to the other bikes too. Hopefully nothing too major for us.
Crashes suck. I haven't had one in 2 years almost, my first. We had just finished saying we need to live in a bubble, and how Eric hasn't been a crash clipped in. Karma, dang. Most important thing is we are all ok. The thing is you can crash anytime, doesn't have to be a race. You can injure yourself running down the street or swimming in a pool. Unfortunately, that's the reality of training and endurance sports. Injuries can happen anytime. We do our best to prepare for them not to happen, and to rehab well if they do.
Hoping for a healthy and safe last few weeks of training for all of us, especially me and my training partner! Bubbles necessary, apparently.
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