Bike Race Crash (Page 3)

Kathy,

All the best to you in your recovery! You are one tough chick...

Yikes,  Recover swiftly!! 

Dave 

Holy moly!  Thank heavens you were wearing a helmet.  You had an angel sitting in with you in the peleton for sure.

Hoping you have a speedy recovery and and are able to get back on the bike soon.

-C 

I saw my ortho today who says I can ride when I feel comfortable doing so...his concern is my knee with road rash & being banged up. May do short easy trainer ride end of the week.

I'll return for follow up next Friday & start PT afterwards.

Swim back at it probably 4-6 weeks, running sooner as I can adjust & guard my arm more.

My coach called & was happy that I'm in good spirit relatively and am mostly have little pain other than moving my arm. He wants to wait to see how things progress to see if I can do Cranberry late Aug. Oly & Nutmeg HIM in late Sept.

I wonder how this will effect me mentally...doubt much on tri bike...may be more cautious in group rides.

I'm starting to remember the crash but would prefer not to.

I did put more pictures in an album...none are gross....some are fun.... 

Women start as 4's no cat 5's for us. Since the field is small they combine the 3's & 4's. 3s are better riders & better to start with really. 

They have a men's race team...owner races. It may be they don't think I as a 45 YO women should race. I asked them for help & was given none...another LBS pointed me in the right direction to the team interested in helping develop new women racers & has a huge women cat 4 team. Bought my bike from first shop though.

FYI Kathy, results were posted and the finishing time in that second race was 38m14s, resulting in an average of 23.5mph.  I thought you'd like to know.  You were hanging with the group at some fast speeds.  While it's overshadowed right now, make sure you leave room to be proud of yourself for that.

I'm glad to hear that you are feeling a little better today.  My thoughts and prayers are with you that you can recover quickly and get back to the things you love to do. 

I know that being out sucks, but think of the cool story you have now.

Guy at the bar - "so how did you hurt your arm?  Lose control of blender?"

K - "nah, I was riding in a pelaton and some guy in front of me couldn't keep up and went down causing a 5 bike pile up.  no biggie"

Guy at the bar - "Oh!?  well.....uh......I used to ride bmx when I was younger(just trying to relate since you punked him)"

Biker chicks are cool!!!  Mend fast 

OMG, Kathy!  So glad you are still alive and kicking

LMAO that you wanted pictures.  Knowing you...I can see that!

Enjoy helmet shopping while you recover... 

Sorry to hear about your crash, Kathy.  Take your time healing; don't push too much, too soon. 

Mark 

Bummer!!

I hope I didn't jynx you by telling you to keep rubber side down!

Here's wishing you a speedy recovery, and thank God for helmets and good medical personnel.  You'll heal fast and be itching to get back on the training.

Yeah, that's the crappy thing about having small numbers. Sometimes the entire women's field is combined. So theortically, a woman could race her first race with Pros.

Kathy, I'm sorry to hear what happened, but I know with your attitude, you'll be back at 'er soon. Keep us updated on your progress.

Jen