I went to Mountain Creek / Diablo for a DH mountain bike race this am. I was on my second training run and lost my line. I fell off the right side (also the downhill) side of the trail tumbling into some rocks. OUCH! First impact was right hip and hard. Slightly breathless, I got and slowly pulled myself back to the trail and slowly rode to the open slope where I stopped and composed myself some more. CRIPES THIS HURTS! I finish out my ride, don't feel too bad. Take 3 more runs and by the end of my last run, can barely walk. No race today! I go to the ER since the pain is pretty broad and I know there are a lot of organs in the area. I'm a little cautious like that.

Piss in a cup. Take an x-ray. All negative. Prognosis - bad contusion. WHEW! Just a bad bruise. The doctor offers something for pain. "You got any percosets?" I ask. "How about Tylenol with codeine?" Damn, I tried.

So the kid will be back soon. A couple days of rest and we'll be back in the saddle. It sucks to get the old "DNS" for the race though, but could have been a lot worse.

DW