I've been in Springfield, Missouri today. After work Carlos and I headed out to Fellowship Bible Church to meet the cycling club for a group ride. We made it just in time. We started out pretty good, riding pretty easy, averaging 19.6 mph up until mile 8 when I turned a corner and ran over a sharp rock that gave me a flat tire on the front wheel. Luckily I had a spare tube and CO2 cartridge. So, I change the tube and begin to inflate. Then POP!!! the spare tube popped. Fortunately Carlos had a spare tube and CO2 cartridge. So, we put that spare tube on the rim and began to inflate. POP!! It happened again. So, I sent Carlos on ahead, and he was going to drive back and pick me up after the ride.
So, I ended up sitting alone on a wood rail fence for quite a while. As I was sitting there, I got to thinking that if I was at home I would be running with the RunnersWorld group, and I wouldn't be all alone with a flat tire. It was 6:40, so the group should be about finished with their run and sitting at the picnic table shooting the breeze. So, I called Kathy on her cell phone just to say "Hi!" to her and the group. No answer. So, I decided instead of just sitting there on the fence, I would take my cycling shoes off and jog up and down the asphalt road. I took off my shoes and socks and leaped across the ditch to the road. Oh Oh! I didn't quite make it to the road, and knocked a big chunk of skin off of my big toe as it hit the jagged edge of the asphalt.
Oh well, tomorrow will be a better day.
2 comments:
Dave, come home before you get hurt.
Bobby, if he were home, he'd be singing in the rain!
Tatur Dave, put my cell # in your phone. I would be glad to talk you through a hard time like that.
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