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Biking just outside Davis, CA

The last two weeks have seen the high point and low point of training for Boise. I finished up my build with my biggest ever week that finished with a 12 mile run and a 52 mile bike ride. 40 miles in I was cruising along at 18-21 miles an hour. Perceived effort seemed low enough to sustain. Someone else was even drafting off me, the leach. I was getting stronger as the ride went on and I finally felt ready.

Then that all came crashing down! At mile 50 I managed to fall off my bike after Patty and I got tangled up with each other. In a split second my steering was yanked sideways by her bike and I flipped over onto the surprisingly hard pavement. This left me with a sprained left arm, bruised ribs, as well as plenty of road rash. Ouch!

The wrist and arm seem to be getting better each day, and the problem isn’t so much in the wrist but more the tendons that connect up the forearm to the elbow. I’m pretty sure no broken bones. I think I twisted it as I came off, rather than it taking any impact with it.

I’ve tried running and biking. The running is a little painful because it bounces my arm at the elbow but if I orientate my hand to have my palm facing up it is basically ok. Bike riding is possible if I ride on my aerobars the whole time, which should be mostly the case for this course. Now the big question is: can I swim? I’m going to wait a few more days until I give that a try. The water is Boise is currently in the mid-50s, so I might not feel anything anyway. If my practice swim works out I’m headed to Boise Thursday night to give it a go. I’ll just hope I don’t flat or something.

Here’s some more pictures of the Davis bike ride. Actually we rode along a creek for a lot of the way and it was pretty scenic. This pictures are from the part which was flat farmland.

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