Here it is, the cankle. So I'm finishing my final night lap, it's just before sunrise–a dull twilight is coming over the sky and I'm exiting "The Hideaway" at Afton, so I know I'm home free, with just "Larry's Revenge" to get thru and then a cold PBR will be awaiting me at the finish line. It's been a humid night and the trails are kind of greasy. Traversing an off-camber single track across the side of the hill. Back wheel washes out. I get thrown onto my back, land on my camelback, facing downhill, but my right foot did not unclip from the pedal. Hyperflexion of the ankle and it's a slow roll back to the start/finish. My race is over. Kelly Mac stepped up and rode my remaining 3 laps. Team Red Polka Dot Dress filed a protest with the UCI, but Dr. Fuentes said fuck 'em. We got 25 laps, they got 23. Suckers... But the real sucker will be me, if I am unable to ride the Dakota 5-0 this Sunday. A whole years worth of "training" down the drain. Not real happy about that. Let's hear it for Universal Health Care. If only I were still in Sweden...
As seen in Sødermalm, Stockholm Sweden.
Here it is, the cankle. So I'm finishing my final night lap, it's just before sunrise–a dull twilight is coming over the sky and I'm exiting "The Hideaway" at Afton, so I know I'm home free, with just "Larry's Revenge" to get thru and then a cold PBR will be awaiting me at the finish line. It's been a humid night and the trails are kind of greasy. Traversing an off-camber single track across the side of the hill. Back wheel washes out. I get thrown onto my back, land on my camelback, facing downhill, but my right foot did not unclip from the pedal. Hyperflexion of the ankle and it's a slow roll back to the start/finish. My race is over. Kelly Mac stepped up and rode my remaining 3 laps. Team Red Polka Dot Dress filed a protest with the UCI, but Dr. Fuentes said fuck 'em. We got 25 laps, they got 23. Suckers... But the real sucker will be me, if I am unable to ride the Dakota 5-0 this Sunday. A whole years worth of "training" down the drain. Not real happy about that. Let's hear it for Universal Health Care. If only I were still in Sweden...
As seen in Sødermalm, Stockholm Sweden.
6 comments:
Sonofabitch! Hang in there.
PL.
Nice spankle you've got there. If you can't ride Dakota Five-O, then you should at least be the beer bitch and be handing out cold ones as fast as your spankle will let you locomote.
Holy fuck Hurl! Little tender? At least Kelly Mac is a trooper and finished it out. I would bet you are going to be doing a little less walking around the CRC garage for a bit. Ouch.
Ouch.
dude,
what is it with all kinds of folks going down for the count at the end of the season....
I heard you were much help to the lincoln folks up at the dakota 5.0
"drinking Lincoln"
those boys were stoked,
hope to see ya at hommie fall fest,
and hope to see ya peddling around.
get well soon dude,
see ya in october.
Yikes. You're gonna need to stay off that a while.
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