Wow, thanks for all the wonderful replies

I do realize that I can be a little overambitious sometimes and I need to remember to keep that in mind when starting with cycling. I'm so excited to take my bike out on the trails this weekend. I'm going to try to keep it reasonable though; nothing too long or intense yet

I'm afraid the actual story behind the "shattered pelvis" isn't as exciting as it may sound It was mainly a combination of poor bone density, overexercising, and bad luck. During some of the drills, my training partner missed the chest protector and ended up instead kicking me straight on my hip bone. It hurt a lot, but I kept up with practice and even ran a 10k that weekend. Went to the doctor right after the 10k and x-ray showed multiple fractures on the right side of my pelvis, as a result of the impact of the kick.

I'm currently sidelined from a different injury (partial rupture of the patellar tendon), but I'm dealing with this one better, I think. If it hadn't been for my knee injury, I might not have gotten as interested in cycling, as I am now. I'm really hoping it will be good cross-training, even when I'm able to run again