After racing down sweeping descents in the Yorkshire Dales and Peak District at high speeds, I came a cropper on the shortest of recovery rides a couple of days ago. I was flying off to New York in afternoon, but wanted to have an hour of spinning legs after race before the long flight. Out of nowhere on a silly little corner, I fell off, landing quite hard on the old knee. It was a bigger gash than usual road rash, but knowing I had a plane to catch I managed to get back on bike and cycle home before, the leg ceased up / I fainted in side of road at sight of blood.
Not so inspiring, but a reminder that a light bit of rain after many days dry can leave a film of oil on the surface, making corners especially dangerous.
All I can say, is that I was very lucky to get an aisle seat on the side of bad leg. Not the most comfortable of seven hour flights….
The problem is that although knee is getting better, A bad pain in calf muscle developed a couple of days after crash. It means I’m lying low in a New York room at moment. It’s funny how you can go from flying around on your bike at tremendous speeds to having to hop around on one leg.
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