What a week.
Monday & Tuesday were quiet. Wednesday saw a 1km swim in the evening. Thursday morning bought a walk/shuffle. Friday saw a rest day with lunch & a shopping expedition (something I haven't done in a *very* long time). And on Saturday I was hit by a car whilst riding my bike.
I am a very lucky girl. It was a soft impact; I was travelling no more than about 20km an hour & the driver was rolling through/had just started to accelerate out of a cross street. Thankfully a fraction of a second in my favour meant that he caught me on the chain stay (near the rear wheel) rather than directly side-on. My foot was also at the front of the pedal stroke otherwise it would have had an encounter with a ute's bumper bar.
I have a tiny bit of skin off one shin & no bruises. Did I mention I was lucky? All that crap food I've been eating lately meant I must have bounced on the road rather than skidded ;)
The paramedics were called. Clearly I was ok because I tried to talk one of the cops into given me his bike now that mine was busted. A tow truck arrived as well. And although my bike is a write-off, getting it towed was probably overkill ;)
Today I'm feeling a bit stiff & sore but nothing a few physio / massages / osteo visits won't fix.
Life is good :)
2 comments:
Yes, you were lucky. I was thinking something like that from the photo. Same thing happened to me when I was working in Melbourne years ago - driver rolled a stop sign and hit my back wheel. A bloke at work was a bike mechanic and re-spoked it for a carton - good as new.
oh crap - sorry to hear that jen!
sounds like you're in ok spirits though.
hope everything recovers rapidly.
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