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the accident

July 28, 2011 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Bike

Comments:
today was my day off from running, i planned a 24-mile bike ride on the same route i biked on tuesday. seems easy enough, right? as i was coming down the steep hill, there was a car coming up on the other side of the road. normally, i'd stay towards the middle of the road here, so that i could turn easily at the base of the hill. that was not possible as a result. i remember thinking unemotionally, "i'm going to run straight into this curb, and i'm going really fast." the next thing i remember is the EMT asking me my name and my mom's cell phone number. we're in an ambulance. then we're in the emergency room and i avoid letting them cut off my bike jersey. once i realize it's not a dream, things are starting to become clearer, and i realize i feel awful. i'm all scraped up and i got a concussion. i spent the next couple days sore and achy. no running is a bummer, not that i could have with the headache. today's tuesday, and the headache's starting to go away, i'm off the pain meds for now, and only the scrapes are bothering me. i seem to be on the road to recovery.