my century, dog crash

[Miranda]

Hello, my TE friends. Been MIA for 2 reasons: 1) my pc crashed ; and then *I* crashed. What a mess...

After much wonderful advice from here on TE, and 3 months of long hard training work, I felt ready.

Two weeks prior to event, I got sick w/some crud the kiddies brought home from school. But, was mostly recovered and didn't want to NOT show after all that training time.

At mile 10, the route split for 100. Felt pretty good and went for it. Things were going right on plan until mile 50. In a word: dog!

Over the bars head first...

If the Garmin graph is right, even with attempting to brake, my crash speed on impact was 23mph.

Unfortunately my helmet shifted on impact, and I have some head lumps & abraisions. But, it certainly took the first blow. Pic doesn't show all the damage. But, an idea.



Without it, pretty sure I'd be scrambled egg brains. I called Giro and think how I crashed was part of the shifting issue. I usually get it on super tight too. Maybe this day (of all days) I could have missed a click in that RocLoc. Will never know for sure.

Next my beloved Rudy Project glasses split in two and into my left eye socket. Think they saved my eyeball from getting scraped out on the road though. I have a huge shiner & blood in my eye.



Left side of face totally scraped off... It's ***nasty***. That one I thought was too graphic to post a pic of.

Onto collar bone, shoulders, and a roll to the blade which trashed by favorite TE jersey pictured below. The ER RN dug the jersey threads out of me. The skin is back on the road somewhere.



Somehow my new carbon ride only has a cosmetic scratch in the fork. Think it's because she cartwheeled over on top my body to break the fall. The crank must have been the source to cut up my legs. Other than the crank cuts, my lower half is ok. The white bar tape is going to need a change.



The ER doc said my xrays showed no fractures. But now unfortunately I'm having more collar bone / shoulder pain. Going to a orthoped doc appointment this week. I passed the neuro checks, but my brain just feels like a slight fog at times. I'm at a point too, I think I'm having some post crash depression...

I can't believe in a split second my century was trashed for the whole season. Though, logically... I feel lucky to be alive.

Oh, and get this bs...
The words of the property residents of the dog said the following:
"... oh yea, our dog LOVES to chase bicycles... there has been a lot of bikes going by today... he has been chasing them all day!" Sherrif was a total jerk-face & ultimately nothing will be done I'm sure, but the man said, "... why would I need to keep my dog confined? ...I live out in the country, etc."...

Uhhh, well, I'll give you one reason... TAKE A FREAKING LOOK AT MY FACE!!!

Not the first century report I dreamed of finally being able to post. But, that's what I have to share.

Miranda