Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general. Mark Rippetoe.
I fell off the bike today, down a hill and into a creek, the bike followed and landed on top of me. Apart from a few bumps and scrapes, I am totally fine. I got up, dusted myself and the bike off and finished my ride. Every so often I fall off the bike on the Mogo tracks, although this was probably my most spectacular fall. I wasn’t going to ride the trail that I tumbled on because it has a steep gully drop into a rock garden followed by a steep climb out and frustratingly I never make it through. There are no guarantees in life however, except for the guarantee that if you don’t try you won’t succeed.
Afterwards, I did wonder if I am going to join the cohort of old people who’ve crashed their bike and smashed their body, but, sometimes you’ve just got to trust in yourself. I like to think that the reason I have yet to break anything is because of my regular weight training. It could also be because I am genetically short and sturdy, not glamorous but good for being harder to kill.
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