Sidelined

Well the unfortunate happened to me, one of those things you read or hear about and think, “Man, I feel sorry about him, but I’m sure glad it wasn’t me.” I got into a solo bike crash last weekend on Sunday morning during my long ride. It was a bit wet, I may have let my focus down a bit, but either way I laid it down going into a turn. I was coming down a hill relatively fast, then a sweeping left hand turn to go back up another hill. Needless to say, I didn’t make it up the second hill. I landed pretty hard on my left side and now know that my left shoulder bore the brunt of the impact. I rode the 20 minutes back home one handed then immediately left for the ER (thanks, Don). ER X-ray was no fracture, but followed up with an orthopedic later. His diagnosis was that I had a crack on the clavicle, but it can’t be seen on a normal x-ray. So, now it’s pretty painful, and I’m not quite sure how long I’ll be disabled. I’ve not been able to do any sort of training this week and the outlook does not look good for the weeks ahead. I’m trying to look at this in a positive light, but to be honest, after 5 days of nothing, I’m now getting pretty disappointed about not being able to go tear the roads up. Maybe pool running or easy trainer rides next week, but I think that’s 50/50 at this state. Be careful out there, especially on damp roads. All for now.

SJI