Went mountain biking Friday with Man-Cub and my perfect record still stands: I've been knocked from my bike each time I've been out. This time we were at Salem Hills in Inver Grove Heights and I didn't make it 20 meters into the trail when I biffed it on a berm during a turn. Sent me straight on my back and knocked the wind out of me.
Not having the sense God gave gravel, I perched my aching posterior back on the bike and continued through without incident. This is a beautiful trail and the mix of woods and prairie are really pretty.
I just hope I can get good enough at this that I don't have to stare at the trail the whole damn time...
Two days after and the pain is greater than either of the two previous days, but this isn't unexpected -- it should be better from here on out. It's hard to sleep, stand or sit, but I still look forward to going out again. Perhaps the river bottoms are next.
3 comments:
I'm hoping you break your perfect record next time out. For a while there folks were calling me 'Crash' but I've pretty much figured out how to keep the rubber down though I still ricochet off trees every once and again when my speed exceeds my skill.
As for not looking at the trail, I'm not sure that happens though I do look much further down the trail these days and briefly glance off to one side or the other on occasion. One of the things I like about mountain biking is that it takes so much concentration that the rest of the world just melts away and leaves me mentally refreshed in a way that little else does.
It may be that you are just going at it tooo hard...hammerin...givin it...all out...balls to the wall. I think the trick is learning, similar to pinball, how far you can go without getting the dreaded tilt. I have not mastered that either.
Man. I am not smart, but I can recognize patterns...
Seriously, I hope you feel better soon. It's so disconcerting to come off your bike in an unplanned manner. Kudos for getting back on and finishing the ride.
Take care and get well!!
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