Lots of bike miles this week! I got 100 miles for the first time since early August. Having a week off from school made it much easier to get the miles in, and the weather was cooperative as well. As of yesterday morning, I had about 93 miles. I thought about going for a run since I hadn't done that at all this week, but I was so close to 100 miles, I had to bike again. Plus it was warm enough to bike in shorts! I made plans with a friend to go for a 40-ish mile ride right after lunch. The ride started out well enough. We were cruising along at a good pace after racing down a long hill. We were talking, and I was looking at him instead of at the road. It was a freshly paved road, which means the edge of the pavement drops sharply several inches into the weeds. My front tire slipped off the road. Instead of doing the smart thing and laying over into the weeds, I tried to save it and swerve back onto the pavement. It did not work out well for me. Thankfully there were no broken bones and nothing needed stitches. I do have a good bit of road rash though. And the worst part is that one of my front teeth seems to have taken the hardest hit. It got bent back a little bit. I was able to push it back into place, but it was not a pleasant feeling, and it is now a bit loose. I can't bite at all, and sometimes when I am talking my bottom teeth hit it, which is very unpleasant. Small town life means I have already been put in touch with a dentist who is ready to help me out if I need it. Only time will tell if my tooth will recover on its own or if I will need a root canal, or a new tooth. For now all I can do is wait and hope for the best.
As far as crashes go, I could not have been any luckier. I wasn't alone and I wasn't seriously injured. And, even better, minutes after I crashed, Merrick drove by in the bike shop van with his family, so they were able to take me and my bike back to their house and help me clean up the wound on my knee and some of the road rash. It was nice not to have to bike up the three mile hill to home after that crash!
Bike Rides This Week
T : 22.3 miles / 16.9 mph / 1148 ft (Portsmouth, RI)
W : 27 miles / 17.6 mph / 843 ft (Newport, RI w/Cecilia & Scott)
R : 43.6 miles / 15.3 mph / 33327 ft (Aquidneck Island, RI, TSS Thanksgiving Hill Fest)
Sa : 7 miles / 20.1 mph / 423 ft (Lewisburg, WV w/Dan)
total bike miles : 100.1
Thursday's ride with Ten Speed Spokes was my longest ride since late July, and my first ride over 30 miles on the Super Six. It was a tough hill ride, and I forgot my inhaler, which didn't make the hills any easier, but I had a great ride. It was fun to ride with a group for once.
Photos from Tuesday's ride
My face post-crash.
I do not understand how I hit hard enough to knock a tooth out of place,
but my face doesn't look any worse than this.
My chin is bruised, but doesn't even have a mark on it!
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