War Wounds

Well, I had my first (and hopefully last) fall of the season on the bike trail today.... I'm sporting a few emerging bruises, so they should be REALLY purty tomorrow :( I did about 20 miles on the bike today, with my cleats on in hellish winds (almost as bad as at last year's tri!) so I'm pretty proud of myself. The fall was rather odd... it was a controlled fall. I was pulling off into the grass (which is pretty smooshy turf thanks to the snow-covered winter) and I didn't clip out in time and so the only way for me to avoid hitting the tree in front of me was to just fall over like a tipped cow, bike and all.... so I did....

Bruise #1 that emerged right away and is now turning into a welt (think I should go ice it...) is on my arm, if you touch the tip of my pinky and trace down my arm it's about a foot down.... if that makes sense... It's from my arm colliding with the tip of my handlebar... Bruise #2 is on the inside of my left knee, probably from hitting the bike seat or something....

Speaking of which... the new saddle is WAY different... I'm not 100% digging it yet, but I think it'll be better with my shorts (I was wearing my capri lengths). It's better than the other saddle, but just very different, so it's going to take a little getting used to.

Tomorrow morning if it's not too cold in the morning I'm going to bike to work, swim, bike home at lunch and then drive back after lunch... We'll see if the weather cooperates. I have fall/early spring gear, but NOT winter gear ;>

Happy Training everyone!!!!