Crash #$%^!

Well, The affair with my bike took a bumpy ride last week. I was being a super green urbanite and biking from my office downtown to our TNT practice at Green Lake, about 4 miles, in the rain a had my first real bike wreck. The super skinny road tires don't handle the urban environment that well and I hit a metal plate at the wrong angle and my front tire just flew out from under me. I didn't even have a chance to yell out an obscene comment, just bit the pavement hard. Luckily I was on the sidewalk and not in traffic where a car would have run me over. My super quick reflexes kicked in and I un-clipped from my pedals on the way down (I have no idea how that really happened). It was a very minor accident looking back on it...but at the time I was sure that I broke my knee...if that is even possible? Anyway, about 3 minutes of extreme pain and my poor friend trying to soothe me, I was able to get back on the bike and continue to practice where we then ran hills for over an hour...did I mention it was raining? Now I have a nice bruise to gross people out with and a slightly dented knee cap. Luckily, my body took most of the fall and the bike has a very minor scratch on the brake lever...which looks hard core and cool anyway. I'm going to try the same route tonight but will pay great attention to any metal plates on the sidewalks. (I don't generally bike on the sidewalks , but the only way to safely cross the Freemont bridge is to take the sidewalk / bike path....just fyi)
Other than that, training is going well. Last week really bumped the running time up to over an hour and the only way I would have mentally been up for that was with the team, so Go Team!

Brazil is now even more lame than ever, she gets better then worse then better...who knows really. The vet will be back out this week to try and figure out what is going on and of course to drain the bank account.

The house is going well, most of the electrical wire is replaced and all the demolition is complete, yeah!!! I hate demo! And, we have a toilet again, thanks to me. I promise to post photos tonight.