Ouch

Slept in today, and decided to do the Griffith Park ride. Just got the bike back from the shop so it was humming nicely. The climb gets shorter and shorter every time I do it, but today I could teel the week had taken it's toll on me. Just getting into the park hurt me. Once I started climbing though, everything seemed okay again. My heart rate was visibly lower, by about 5 to 7 beats than the first two times I had done the climb, so that was quite promising.

Descended the other side, and was turning around at the bottom to go back up again when the bike slide out from underneath me. I have no idea what happened. A little water, a little loose dirt, and there you have it. I've got two very nice reminders, one on my upper back thigh, and the other on the outside of my calf. Left leg, thank God.

Bike's fine, with the exception of one little scar on the shifter. And then we did the climb again.

I kept thinking about the whole wire-brush thing. (Racers commonly have to scrub out their wounds with a wire brush after a fall, in order for the wound to heal right, especially during a multi-stage race.) Luckily I don't own a wire brush. But showering hurt pretty bad just the same.