Last week, my triathlon training tip was to ride carefully. As kharma would have it, maybe I should have ridden a little more carefully following that post. This past Thursday, during a routine strength and speedwork ride, I had a slight mishap. I was on a road that I’ve ridden so many times that I could probably ride it with my eyes closed. When I’ve ridden a road enough times, I generally know where the bumps, potholes, etc. are. But on this occasion, someone thought it would be a great idea to place a pole in the middle of the road, which I didn’t see until I was right on top of it. So I avoided it with an Armstrong-ian evasive maneuver (see below):
Actually, in reality, it was more like this:
Okay, so I fell. But miraculously, there wasn’t a scratch on either me or my bike. I guess when I think I’m riding like these guys:
I really am going much slower. Oh well, I’d rather still have my bike with no broken bones.
While we’re on the subject of Lance Armstrong, or at least I mentioned him earlier in this post, I wanted to include this video because it’s inspiring:
Tomorrow, I’m going to tell you about an idea that I had….. the Over-the-Counter Triathlon Experiment.
