About two weeks ago I went out for a normal ride to get about four hours in. I had to go out kind of early because I had to work at three o’clock that afternoon, which isn’t too big of a deal except that it had sleeted the night before. I went out on some back roads that I ride and as I got through Knoblick (yes that is a town by me) It wasn’t too bad. Then after an hour of riding I came up to a blind “T” intersection that had ice on the road and the second I got on the ice I knew I was going to crash. Of course as I hit the brakes the bike shot out from under me and I hit the ice and slid. When I got up my hip hurt really bad so I didn’t think much of my wrist until a mile later I hit ice again and went down hard on my other side. I was so mad I was dropping F-bombs like crazy and couldn’t believe I had crashed twice in one mile. I realized on the next downhill when I could barely squeeze the brakes that something was wrong with my left wrist. After that I was cold and decided to go home and I finished up on the trainer then went to work.

It was great at work because at work one of the 17 year girls was making fun of me due to the fact that I couldn’t put a box of food in the bags because my wrist couldn’t support the weight. I went to the doctor the next day and left with my pretty green cast on my left hand, which wouldn’t be a problem for 87% of the world but I am in the 13% of people that would have been hung in Salem for being a witch; i.e. I am left-handed. That really makes EVERYTHING difficult, I mean brushing my teeth, eating, cooking and anything else you can think of. The only good thing is I get sympathy from my fiance Lori and she’ll help wash the dishes now, sometimes.

Otherwise I have been training normally and I just get a little upper back pain in my t-spine area between my scapulas. Hopefully the cast will be off soon.

Brian