We'll just have to keep an eye on the weather.  Weather.com says it's supposed to rain all day tomorrow.  Hopefully that changes.

Yea, if I get up tomorrow, and it's raining at my house, it doesn't mean it's raining at Scales lake though.
So lets make some sort of decision tonight, or some sort of "backup" plan.

Yeah, we'll keep an eye on the weather.  If it doesn't change, or we wake up tomorrow morning and it is raining, someone post in here that the ride is called off.  If that is the case, I will just run the bike to Dan's tomorrow.

Sounds like it's going to rain until about 11 or so tomorrow morning.

I'm still gonna wait and see.  You never can tell with the weather around here.

Tru dat!

Well I think this storm pretty much seals the deal.   

I wouldn't be going tomorrow even if it was the nicest day of the year, unfortunately.  I went out to Scales with Eric after work and quickly got an education in why I bought a helmet.  I came down a steep section into a quick up and down hill, then the trail curved to the right into another short and steep uphill section, curves to the left at the crest, then goes back down.  I started cranking hard going into the second uphill section so my momentum would carry me up the hill, but I guess while I was rounding the right-hander my inside pedal hung up on a root.  This caused my left foot to come off the pedal and plant itself in the ground.  When the pedal my foot slipped off of continued into the back of my calf I got launched right into the uphill section.  No sliding or rolling for me, just THUD.  Took the full impact on my left side with my arm trapped underneath.  My ribs are killing me but I got to experience something new.  I've never had the wind knocked out of just one lung!  Talk about weird sensations. 

So the damage:  my ribs and entire left side are pretty sore, I have a deep bruise on the back of my left calf, and I did something to my ankle.  It doesn't really hurt but it's pretty swollen.  If I push on it a certain way it feels kind of ... un-natural.  Like imagine you're standing on a steep incline facing downhill so your toes are kind of pointed.  When I put pressure on it in that direction it feels like my leg is going to slide off of my foot.   

Anyway, after I recovered for a bit we finished that loop then rode the loop starting at the petting zoo that goes around by the cemetery, so another mile or two.

Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow, but right now I'm gonna go find some beer.   

All right, then I guess Scales is off for tomorrow.
Hope you recover quick man.

Germanian Manwhore, if you want to ride out at USI, let me know.

Well I went and got some x-rays today and thankfully nothing is broken.  Still hurts like hell though...I didn't get any sleep last night.

Also, it pisses me off that the doctor said to take Ibuprofen.  Motherfucker, I wouldn't be here if this was Ibuprofen pain.  I'm taking that shit for the sprained ankle I didn't think was worth telling you about.  Waste of my goddamn time.   

Well at least nothing is broken!

Also, good thing I put off riding today due to the storms that were coming.   

Sucks about the crash.  The hardest ride is the one right after a hard fall because that's at the top of your mind.  I still have old scars on my legs from my pedals, but chicks dig scars, right?  Sucks you can't sell painkillers to your neighbors, too.  Any damage to the bike?

Bike is fine, and fortunately my mom is bringing me a bottle of leftover Vicodin from her last surgery on Monday.   

Daniel, you'll know where this happened.  It was on the short inner loop that starts directly across from the petting zoo.  At the bottom of the trail where it turns around and heads back uphill toward the road.  You go down the super steep hill into an quick up/down then around a right-hand bend into a *crash* second up/down that curves to the left at the crest.  I was in the highest gear on my 2nd chainring so I was probably going 20-25mph.

I'm not too worried about Gremlins.  I've fucked myself up enough times snowboarding that I've gotten used to stuff like this.  I might actually go out tomorrow if I'm feeling alright, even if I'm taking 4 Ibuprofen every 4 hours. 

:editing failure:

Well it turns out I'm not just being a pussy.

I just talked to the doctor again and they had their radiologist review my x-rays. I fractured the 5th and 6th rib on my left side. They're also finally going to give me a prescription for decent painkillers. These Ibuprofen aren't doing shit, and the constant overdosing has given me an itchy motherfucking rash on my legs. Joy!

That sucks.  How long will you be off the bike?  You just just give the Specialized to me while you are healing.  LOL

I just took 1300mg worth of Darvocet so I feel like I could go right now.   

So then you up for a ride on July 4th? We could hit USI and take it kind of easy! 

I'll see how I feel over the next few days.  I'll probably be able to deal with the pain thanks to meh drugs, but I don't want to damage anything more than it already is.  The doctor said not to wrap it with anything because it could break all the way and puncture my lung.  That was a bit off-putting. 

We'll see though.  I definitely want to get back on the bike ASAP.

I'm heading to Louisville for some park/street riding Friday night (the 4th) if anyone else wants to go. I doubt it, but just thought I'd thro it out there.

I went out and rode at Scales again today to see how my ribs would feel.  It actually wasn't too bad.  Took a painkiller about an hour before I went and I was fine.  Some stuff hurt but it wasn't anything I couldn't deal with.  Another crash, on the other hand, probably would have been fatal.

Anybody up for going this weekend?