Not the Ending I was Looking For

So yeah. Tonight wasn’t going that well. I had moved up at on point, and I felt the effort from that for the next lap. It looked like I was getting dropped but then the pack slowed down. I figured, one good burst of effort and I’ll be back in contact. Okay, let’s do this. So I did. Unfortunately right as I was really getting back to everybody I went around a turn, stood up to sprint out of it and…

CLACK

Down I go, sliding across the pavement. I stopped decently fast, could feel that nothing was broken and hopped up. Luckily, I had been at the back of the pack so I didn’t take anybody else down with me.

I clipped a pedal. Ugh. My only consolation was that I did it because I wasn’t letting myself give up and just get dropped. Unfortunately I was also somewhat cooked, so I wasn’t being as careful as I should have been.

Don’t worry though, the bike is fine. Well, I think. I think the back wheel got knocked out of true. The handle bar tape is toast, but I needed to replace that anyway. Honestly, the bike needed a trip to Austinbikes for a once over/tune up, so now it’s definitely going.

Oh, and I’m okay. I have some raspberries on my right thigh, and my right elbow has two nice brushburns. The sting is starting to go down, and I have some tegaderm on the two ones on my elbow, as they are the worst. Sleeping tonight may be a little tricky, and I showering was a tad unpleasant. 

So my streak of getting caught up in wrecks and not going down has come to an end. Better tonight by myself then in a few weeks at the Tour of Austin in the middle of the pack. Unfortunately crashing in bike racing is a “when” not an “if” issue, so I’m sure it won’t be the last.

Well, this sort of changes my weekend riding plans. I need to take the bike in and get it fixed up. I’m hoping that I (and the bike) will be ready to go on a nice long ride on Sunday, but obviously until I get the bike working I’m sort of sidelined.

Oh well, road rash heals quickly, so no biggy.