Riding for the first time with the Training Group for the Bloomington Club...and I'm hanging in there (to my surprise).

Half way in, a Hammerin' ride - despite serious hills, we're averaging 19.2mph...my max speed was 46.4 mph.

Then, on an extended downhill, we had to turn left. One of the lead riders (there were 17 of us) signaled left (just five feet in front of me), another rider didn't see him, clipped him on the left, and the lead went down - AT 40 MPH according to my Garmin.

I barely missed him. He slid at least 20 feet. We had a car up, car back, and car left!

He's generally OK, but something's wrong with his hip - likely pulled something in the slide. So, we got him to the hospital...where he is now.

Moral:
- the route was poorly described...and not everyone understood that the turn was coming up.
- the group was too big to be going that fast without fanning out more