thescrawnycyclist

Well there is a first time for everything, and that was the first time I've ever DNF'ed a race. I had just mounted my bike and started to hammer when I tangled handlebars with another rider and we both went down. The other rider got up and went on to finish but I couldn't get up for a few seconds and was trying to grab my sunglasses, which had ejected to the middle of the path, before they got run over (gotta save the gear!) By the time I got up I was last, and as I did a superman and impacted my shoulders a bit, I decided to do the walk of shame back to the start line. Also my left knee was bleeding quite profusely.

Oh well, bad things happen and there's still one more race to prove my podium spot. Thanks Kurt for cleaning up my wounds.