13 days out. This post was supposed
to be about final preparation, about goals, about fears. Today I headed out for
a 60 mile ride. At about 50 miles in, I crashed. I chide myself for it because
I knew that there was a spot of gravel on that road. There must have been a new
culvert put in or something. But I didn’t see it until I was about 10 feet from
it. I grabbed my brakes with one hand (wrong hand – front brakes) and went over
my handlebars. I hit my head pretty hard (helmets are great!) and I had blurry,
double vision for a bit. It’s a small abrasion on my cheek, but with a lot of
swelling. I hit my left shoulder and back of my left hip pretty bad. The damage
to my hands is minimal in comparison, though painful still. I have limited
mobility in my left shoulder, but it didn’t hurt as bad as when I sprained my
right shoulder with my other crash. I think that it will be okay, but I do
anticipate having to rehab it to get full strength and mobility back.
There’s a lot of questions that
follow – will I be able to race in 13 days? How much will I even be able to
train in these final 2 weeks? Have I done enough to get myself through these
next days and still be race ready? And how am I supposed to pick up my kids now?! The biggest race concern I think will be the
swim, if my wounds will be healed enough to get in the water, and if my
shoulder will be able to swim. I just got a new wetsuit a couple days ago too
that I was pretty stoked to try out! IF I can swim on race day, I do not
anticipate being able to test out the wetsuit in advance. I went with a
sleeveless style and I would like to make sure water doesn’t leak through the armholes,
which would slow down the swim.
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