Good Luck & Karma

So this week has not been nearly as relaxing as I had hoped. 

Last night was interesting.  I had lots to do, and was trying to keep a tight schedule from 5 pm on.  But that of course didn't happen.

My Garmin Edge was acting up and I spent a few minutes fooling with it.  I had an 1:15 bike ride with stronger efforts in aerobars.  I left my house and was just past the Conshy train station (the small climb by the wood bridge, to my SRT friends).  If I hadn't spent time on my Garmin, I could've come up the the scene of a crash earlier.  I missed being involved by about 20 seconds!

Apparently this guy was coming down the hill and someone else was on the wrong side of the path and they crashed.  I pulled over immediately to offer help as another women with the other man stopped traffic.  The guys were pretty bloody, but seemed to have no serious injuries.  The one guy coming down the hill felt nautious so I shared my Shot Blocks and gave him my extra water bottle.  He asked me to call his friend to pick him up so I did.  I told them I could stay until help came.  He had some bad scrapes and road rash, but didn't appear to be seriously injured.  Bike had some damage :( The other guy likely needed stitches on his chin.  Another nice man brought hydrogen peroxide and bandaids.  Thank goodness for no broken bones. 

I was wearing a tri top since it was hot, and the guy I was helping asked if I was a triathlete.  He obviously was with his tri kit and Kestrel.  Turns out he is a local pro.  He asked if I was training for something, and when I told him about Placid he shared last year that was his first IM.  Once he felt better, he continued to tell me that he won the Placid swim last year, but had a bad run and fell back in the pack.  He said it was as awesome as everyone else tells me it is, and that I will love it. 

I sat there for about 30 minutes waiting, making sure he was ok.  He finally thanked me again and said he felt much better and to go.  He gave a couple Placid tips (stick to your nutrition plan, pace well, etc) and offered me his gel in exchange for the Shot Blocks.  He said he really appreciated all of my help, and I said I just hope someone would do the same for me.  He told me to kick ass up there, and that he would track me. Was pretty awesome to make yet another Placid connection, especially after the notes from last year's champ. 

My friend told me that this was some good race karma (thanks Tara).  So glad I was running late for once, a crash would've been devastating.  Helping someone else in need will hopefully pay off and help me in the end.

Heading up there tomorrow, with some good luck and karma hopefully in my corner!