Ring in the New Year with...a bike crash

Yes, today I had my first real road crash. And here I am trying to type with a huge splint on my wrist...sigh. Good times.

I was out on the weekly Zoka ride this morning which was a nice mix of rain, clouds, more rain, and then finally a nice rain break. Towards the end of the ride one of the guys ahead of me went down going around a corner. I don't know if I slid or crashed trying to avoid him but in about half a second I was on the ground mashed into the concrete retaining wall. I stupidly threw out my arm to break my fall, which one of these days I will learn is the worst idea in the world.

Initially I thought I was fine but then started having major swelling and pain in my wrist. I visited the ER to make sure it wasn't broken and it's uncertain right now if it is. The X-rays were fine but wrist fractures have a funny way of not showing up for a few weeks, so they splinted my wrist and told me to rest it until I can get another set of X-rays in a few weeks. The swelling could also be hiding any possible breaks. And here I took up cycling to rest the running injury...

I'll have some nice bruises tomorrow I think. At least I'm still the reigning accident queen :)