Bumps & Bruises

Even though I posted yesterday, I thought that y’all would appreciate this short story (I’ll keep this post short).  I went out for a 13-mile bike ride this morning.  The ride went great.  I anticipated my stops and clicked my shoes out of the pedal well in advance of coming to a stop.  I rode up my driveway, clicking my right shoe out well in advance.  I came to a stop placing my weight, as I have learned, on my right foot as I unclipped my left foot… just a little too slowly, apparently.  Though my weight was on my right foot, as I unclipped I sort of shifted my weight to my left and lost my balance…  “Unclip, unclip, unclip,” I thought, to no avail, as I started to fall with my bike attached to my left foot.  Somehow, I managed to position my body so that I fell on my back, with my bike falling on top of me.

The net result of the fall was a bruised ego and a small crack in my confidence, but other than that I am perfectly fine (no one saw, which was nice).  The upside is that I got a good laugh at myself.  I hope you had a good laugh, too.