Sorry for the extreme negligence in updating this-here blog. I’ve been really busy with school and cycling coordinator stuff… and just doing normal things. I’ll hopefully start some serious training for the looming 2009 road season. Sponsors, jersey design, membership dues, group orders, purchase orders, postage stamps and at least a dozen emails a day has kept me off the bike more than I’d like. And I need to get Mr. PowerTap going.
On to the goodness- my crash today. I was half a mile from home after a miserably wet hour and a half on the bike, rolling slowly down University St. towards Agate. Mr. Punk Skateboarder was in the middle of the lane. He was holding a pretty good line, so I didn’t think too much of drifting past him on the right. Right when I’m about to pass him, he turns right to get up onto the sidewalk. I lock up the brakes and scream “HEY!” but hit his board/him and go down. I did some sort of awkward roll/slide combo that left me awkwardly on the wet, dirty pavement. I laid there for a few seconds, thinking more about how unhappy I was about the cold, wet, gross pavement then how I got there. I got up and had a dangerously potent urge to scream foul things at him or hit him, but I did neither. He was apologetic. Half a dozen people were looking at me. I got up, grabbed my bike off the ground and went home. No damage to my body, no damage to my bike. Thanks winter clothing and wet pavement.
First crash of the season out of the way… woo.
P.S. My helmet camera came. The video’s a little shaky and I’ve already misplaced (not lost!) one of the important pieces… great. Anyway, there’ll be some footage around soon. I hope.
