Funny story:
My brother reported a little accident this morning.
He was riding his usual 12 mile loop and got this 'perfect
turnaround, with awesome centrifugal body rush at the 11
mile mark'.
So, he says "I did the turn again".
Oh-oh.
He skidded out having picked up some moisture - nice day for
riding, though, mist of rain at 830am.
o he's missing a little divot of skin at the end of his
thumb o bruise on his shin - didnt' realize it at first but
touched it and screamed like "Wesley Windom Price" - no
witnesses, though. ;-)
Later we're IMing and he says 'durn - bruise on calf'.
Then later 'dang! bruise on thigh and sore slightly skinned
elbow/forearm'.
The funny thing is he's Mr Athletic, frisbee catcher, can
jump like 3 feet in the air, and run up and down the ladder
like a stairway when he's doing gutters (Owns a siding
biz.), and can manhandle the brake (80lb unwieldy aluminum
bending thing) like it's nothing.
He comes back on: "I'm such a dork - think I bit off a
little piece of my tongue, too". We laugh.
I said 'well, bro, if you'da worn those big athletic socks
and gotten those full finger biking gloves, like I toldja,
you'd be fine' (I worry that mom is gonna give me hell if he
gets hurt - "SEE what you did to your Brother!"
- so I over protect and fret)
I pause 'uh, on the other hand if it had been me, I'da had a
pinecone embedded in my forehead and had to go to the ER'.
(I'm Mr dufus tripping over a crack in the floor and
throwing an entire bushel of apples into the air, like the
Matrix, and diving for the frisbee and landing on my stomach
on the beach, missed it and look up and see two babes in
bikinis laughing).
Fortunately the bike is fine, put handle bars trim, plumb
and level, and the transistor radio and little speaker he
has duct taped to the wicker basket in the front of his mtn
bike - a Ross - is just peachy.
But the guy has only been back to biking for 27 days out of
the last 54, and already he's getting 15miles in 58:30! He's
only 5'6", and 150lbs, but two years ago he was 184. I
coached him via IM to losing 30lbs, and he took up biking in
March. Has already ridden 20 miles. We're doing the CBBT in
October to celebrate me turning 54
We'll do a tune up ride at Seashore Park in Va beach, in
July like 24 miles in sandy hard pack.
See, I'm the trainer guy, lifting running biking martial
arts, but he's already better than I am in the bike comeback
and I've been going since last August. He's got the smaller
size, and is 5 years younger, and works a physical job (and
bikes on the side), but I'm retired and focus on training as
much as I want, riding two a days and stuff. I'm really
proud of him.
Oh well, you had to be there.
One more thing. He picked himself up after the spill, but
was so mad at himself that he did another loop, logging
three more miles. (it's a tradition - we both do that if we
get cut off by cars or dogs). What a trouper. ;->
Don't tell 'im I bragged on the guy. He's shy. ;-p
-B
(I swear, he looks exactly like a better looking version of
Chuck Norris, btw, same bodybuild, same facial features.)