On the plus side for the team this weekend...
The 1/2's had a large, competitive field at the RFK crit. No crashes. A very generous prize list. All the ladies worked hard and CycleLife had a top 10 placing. A very good day. Oh and in case you care about the actual results...LVG 1st, Tina Pic 2nd (ed. note: copy & paste for future race reports).
Click here if you want to see the video of the finish hosted on Hub's website.
Even better, our Cat 3's dominated their race at RFK...
With one lap to go Sara launched a solo move that stuck all the way to the end!
Jen won the field sprint for 2nd place and stared down the competition. Meanwhile Robin came in for 5th and Christina followed after putting the hurt down.On the downside...
After having a good day at RFK, Wendy, Melanie, and I traveled up to Somerville, NJ. The race is not the most selective and ended up with dangerous mushrooming on the backside. With two laps to go a huge crash took out about 15 riders ...including Wendy. A second crash on the last lap almost took me out too, but I was lucky and had just enough room to squeeze through. I like to think it looked ninja-like, though probably not so much. Tina Pic won.
We spent a few hours at the hospital where we learned that Wendy had broken her wrist. After hours of waiting, they then performed what can only be described as medieval medicine - yanking Wendy's arm back into place. Wendy is very, very brave. I cried much more than she did. Though Mel swears she could hear the yells in the waiting room.
The good news - Wendy may not need surgery and is taking good drugs. The bad news - the drugs only do so much and she won't be on the bike for a while.
Wendy with a sad face at the hospital. Note the puke bucket. Fortunately it's empty.
This is a rough sport. One day you can be on top of the world, and the next you question the point. For now, we take it one day at a time and hope that Wendy heals fast.
4 comments:
Yeah you said it,... I hope she does too.
Great job this weekend LJ...but, err, maybe it's time for Wendy to give bike racing a break? Or, my suggestion, would be to get her on the track...
On the bright side, Wendy, at least they didn't cut your kit off!
as insane as it sounds, i was worried about that in the ambulance. The x-ray tech was impressed when i started bleeding though it. talk about hard core.
thanks for good thoughts/positive vibes. see you at the races, i'll be the one in the cast. sigh.
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