Another night ride last night.
While answering my buddy's question about the Brisish sit-com The Office, I took my eyes off the trail.
It was the wrong place to do this.
I went down and my right knee connected with rock. Not usually a good combination. It is probaly the worst accident I've had in years.
(Thankfully the floating bone-chip in my elbow doesn't interfear with sirsasana)
Actually it was not a bad fall, and I'm sure I'll mend up just fine. Typically I do not ride ouside my comfort margin on the trails, and stick to simple trails for night riding.
Well I broke those two very sensible rules last night and am paying the price today. I've got a really good scrape, and some swelling. The scrape is the painful thing right now, as it is yet undressed and it's in contact with my pants. Will drop by the company nurse today to see if I can get it dressed. Did a cold jet of water for five minutes in the shower, to lessen the swelling, and applied Traumeel. I had a bit of a chill in my bones from the ride, and could not bring myself to actually ice the knee.
The weather again was just spectacular. Very clear sky, dry conditions temp around 1 deg C, or about 34 F, very little wind. It is my favorite time of the year.
It is so wonderful to be pedalling through the trails at night. We also did coffee; that's what it's all about.
Lights off, sitting on the forrest floor, part pine/maple with rocky terrain, a fresh cup of latte, in between conversation this lul takes over, and the world stops. The moon was big in the sky just over one of Rougemont's lower peaks (humps), behind a thinly cloud veiled sky.
Just splendid.
Here's a shot from Feb'03 in exactly the same spot.
