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10 Mar 2008The race that wasn’tSunday saw Brett and I compete in what turned out to be our shortest enduro yet. It was supposedly a 6 hour, and while the organisers offered the solos a 4 hour due to extreme heat (Declined, of course. Nutters.), I think turning it into a 6 minute race might have been taking things a bit too far. I took a silly line early in the first lap, landing badly and ending the race for both of us. Compounding my stupidity I walked all the way around the course instead of turning around and riding down the road. I then took an interesting journey to Wodonga, via a first aid tent with no ice and a hospital with no doctors.
The X-ray confirmed the tennis ball sized swelling was caused by a broken thumb, and it was then I encountered the ’so how did you do it’ question, and to be honest I’ve got no idea. I landed on my right side, smashed the right side of my helmet… and broke my left thumb. WTF indeed. After waiting four hours for an X-ray I decided against surgery in Wodonga, and got a lift back to Melbourne with Brett and Simon (who’s Sweet and Sassy Salsa mixed pair took out second, nice work!). If you’re in the mood for an interesting parma, I recommend the pub in Mrtyleford. Take you pick from a dozen odd toppings including bacon, pineapple, avacado, and olives. Or do what Simon did and get a ‘parma with the lot.’ What a strange concoction. Monday morning and it’s back to hospital, this time St Vincent’s in Melbourne. They agreed that it was an ‘unstable fracture’ and requires surgery, so I get to back again on Wednesday to get it done. Fun and games. I’ll leave it there as typing is incredibly slow right now, hopefully it all goes well and I’ll be back on the bike soon. Keep the rubber side down… Update: The doctor has decided it doesn’t need surgery after all, so my bones will remain metal-free for the moment anyway. Back to hospital for more scans next week and it’s looking like about 8 weeks out. We’ll see how it goes. Posted by erin @ 1:23 am - Back to top7 Responses to “The race that wasn’t”Leave a Reply |
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March 11th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
bummer mate, that sucks.
All the best, and make sure you treat it right. Hands are not something to stuff around with!!
cheers,
ash.
March 12th, 2008 at 2:57 am
Especially if it’s your ‘favourite’ hand.
You probably forgot to let go of the bars or something and jambed it up against the shifter or something. Bizarro.
March 12th, 2008 at 3:07 am
Hand injuries are really annoying!
I recently had a head-on (with another cyclist), which resulted in my right hand fracturing two meta-tarsals. Fortunately, they seem to be depressed fractures which won’t require surgery.
March 13th, 2008 at 4:15 am
Shifter was 100% not involved, I was running 1×9! The specialist decided that I don’t need surgery after all though which is good. Now I just have to sit on the sidelines and cool my heels for a while and let it heal.
March 13th, 2008 at 7:40 am
10 bucks says Erin will be on a trainer within the next week.
April 11th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Tough break! I did my wrist two weeks ago, 5 rides into my new thylacine experience! It took the brunt of a road bike fall in the Southern highlands. Only 3 weeks to go. What is with the Kona you are riding? What has happened to your grey stealth machine? Parhaps that was the problem, you were not riding with the tiger.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Erin has been doing some R&D for us with our new Ether model and decided to trash the last Proto we had in his size, so he’s had to resort to riding whatever crap he can get.
So now when his wrist heals……he’ll be on another new Proto!
Keep the ambulance at the ready! ;o)