Everything hurts, Canada on the mind.
Ok. Its done!! Finally, after weeks I finally have a new mountain bike. So far I’ve been impressed. I’ve gotten in a few rides. The main one was this past Sunday in Mankato at Mt. Kato. It was a scorcher as usual. The bike performed flawlessly. I did notice that it is a little more responsive in the corners. I can lean into them a lot more. Gotta love that Specialized frame geometry. Yesterday Kyle and myself went out to Lebanon Hills. I was stoked to get this rig out on this trail to see how she performs. Lap 1 was good. Lap two we decided to take some pics while riding. It started off ok, then Kyle took a horrific digger. He was coming off this log pile/jump and clipped his rear wheel on the log. Sent him tumbling down the hill, and he actually ended up running after he was thrown from his bike down this hill and slammed into a tree. It was bad. His entire left leg was bleeding, bruised and his entire left arm was the same. His leg looked like someone took a bat and was whacking away at his shins. "Is my bike ok" he says instantly. We thought we were done, but no. After about 10 minutes we were back on the trail. I was thinking to myself just as Kyle was saying "ya know I was thinking before that crash that I haven’t had a bad crash in a couple of years". Well, in the middle of the XX loop Kyle was going to get some pics of us coming down this really steep rock. As I came up to it I went slower then usual so he could get a good shot. Not even 1/4 of the way down the rock, my from wheel gets stuck, my bike swings sideways, and I go flying over the bars. I come down along this rock, smash my head on the rock(wearing a helmet of course) smash and cut my ankle on this fallen tree branch and land on Kyle. "hows my bike"? It was fine. To my surprise my head felt ok after a couple of minutes to realize what just happened. But my ankle was pretty bad. We finish the lap and decide thats it for the day. I was hoping this group of kids saw me eat shit on that rock. They weren’t wearing helmets. That trail can kick you’re ass in a split second, and these kids and adults think they are unstoppable. I just don’t wanna see someone break their neck or even worse, and then see that trail close because people will start thinking it is too dangerous. I dunno, I mean its none of my business to tell them what to do, but cripes, use some common sense. Then came this morning. Every muscle and joint in my body is killing me, my ankle is killing me, and i can barely lift up my left arm to scratch my head. There goes today’s plan on riding Afton.
What worries my the most is I won’t be able to throw a fishing rod back and forth this weekend. This Saturday my family and I are going up to Lake of the Woods for some fishing, beer drinking, fishing, beer drinking, and maybe some sleeping. I really hope my shoulder is ok by Sunday to do some fishing. This trip couldn’t come at a better time. Work is still really stressful and a week off is just what I need so I can come back with a fresh mindset. I’ve never been to Lake of the Woods so I can’t wait to get up there and check it out. Time to take a little break from riding. I think its a good time to do so. I don’t wanna say it, but I’ve been getting a little burned out on the training and this trip will be a nice break. Well, my arm hurts to much to continue writing so with that I bid you adieu. Off to Canada!!!!
daily quote - "Canadians have an abiding interest in surprising those Americans who
have historically made little effort to learn about their neighbour to
the North". -Peter Jennings
today’s term - chunder v. to crash.
