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January 30, 2006
No Snow Here
Apparently it's snowing elsewhere, at higher elevation, but it's only put down a few inches here. So much for "The Big One." I'm okay with that, I think, despite a pang of feelings akin to those I'm-in-second-grade-and-I-really-want-to-have-a-snowday emotions of childhood.
In my last post, I said I wasn't planning to ride the bike trainer last night because I wanted my legs to recover well to do a long run today. I should have stuck to my word. Instead, I was overcome by the desire to cross-train and I jumped on the bike trainer. If I can, I watch TV or a movie while I ride, to pass the time. Sometimes, when, I'm watching TV, I'll gauge my riding to the program. For example, I'll ride the commercials hard and the show easy, or vice versa. Anyhow, I was doing a giddyup out-of-saddle "climb" last night during a commercial interrupting "Sex and the City" when somehow the rear wheel of my bike slipped off the trainer (Ok, it wasn't somehow, I didn't double check it before I climbed on to pedal. If I had looked before, I would have noticed that the trainer needed to be re-tightened against the wheel. It is all my fault.). It was ugly, I'm sure rather entertaining to watch, but ugly to participate in. It was one of those moments where no matter how hard you try, you can't get your foot out of the clips in time, but then when you stop trying it mircaulously pops out on its own. Me and the bike just bounced down out of the trainer and fell to the left side. How awful. My list of aches: 1) Left elbow and left knee, the two spots that hit the groud first. 2) Left hip- Did I hit it on the second bounce? I dunno, but it's bruised. 3) My butt- Let's just say that when my foot finally came out of the clip and my body made a rapid descent relative to the bike, it was the spot hit the saddle hard on the way down.
I know, you can't take me out in public. I'm a danger to myself and to the rest of society.
5 sore, achy, slow miles trudging through a little snow, feeling sorry for myself. No long run today.
Oh well. It'll be funny in another day when I don't feel like I was pulled into a back alley by a lunch-stealing bully.
Posted by Meghan at January 30, 2006 8:52 PM
Comments
I hope you feel better soon; I'm really sorry to hear about your spill. I generally don't ride outside because I don't like trusting other people not to hit me (that and the fact that I don't have a bike), but I didn't realize that riding indoors could be hazardous as well. Take care.
Posted by: Alison at January 31, 2006 7:11 PM
That is too funny! Actually, it sort of happened to me once but the opposite. I was taking the bike down from the trainer and forgot to disengage the roller. Man, that thing has a big tight spring and a lot of potential energy. It kicked the bike up because the front tire was in the wheel block (you should get one) and when the bike came down sideways onto me the damn outermost chain ring bit into my leg. Yeah that left a mark.
Posted by: Rob at February 7, 2006 12:27 PM