January 24, 2004
Took A Tumble In A Turn
My local cycling club, GTC did the 50 mile route known as the "Harbins Winter Ride", we had a good group of about 18 or 20 riders. It's been a fine sunny, but windy, day to ride here in Georgia and everyone seemed to have a good time. However, I did hit the pavement pretty hard after coming through a high-speed off-camber turn, one I've done a hundred times, but as I looked back over my shoulder at the riders behind me, my front wheel hit something and down I went. Left knee, hip, and especially elbow are pretty seriously damaged with deep road rash, but I'll survive. I'm trying to stop the bleeding and contain the oozing so I can get dressed and go perform this evening. Ruth has run back up to the drug store to get some gauze, tape, and bandages hopefully that will get me through the night.
