Quad Cities Criterium

Not much to say about this race. Was feeling half way decent. Even got off the front solo for 2 1/2ish laps. That was pretty cool. Need to work on that though...definitely not a strong point of mine. Last lap to go ended the race for me too early. From my understanding, two girls caught handlebars and went down. Unfortunately, they went down directly in front of me. I had no where to go but into them. All I remember is seeing one of the girls laying in front of me. From my understanding, I hit them and flew into the air. I came back down and landed on my head. Good thing we are required to wear helmets or I might not be here right now. My helmet took a crap load of impact and there are several cracks throughout it. My face took some of the beating as well. Lots of road rash on the cheek bone, along with three stitches. I had to go to the emergency room since I was knocked out. Now that I think about it, I said some really off the wall things before I went to the hospital. Anyway, after the crash, the next thing I remember is sitting on the sidewalk up against a building. I also remember blood dripping out of my nose onto my shorts. That was a little scary. I've got to say thanks to everyone who helped me out! So now I sit here with road rash in several spots and a bit of whip lash. I also had to get a tetanus shot..so my arm will be killing me tomorrow. The bike seemed to make it out the best. Looks like I might need to order a new rim, but that's it. I haven't really even seen it. Well time to get some rest, maybe. It will be interesting trying to sleep with this. I'll leave you with some pictures.

-A