Had a great MTB ride with a friend, for about 9 miles. Then I sprained my ankle (feels really bad) flying over the handlebars. Still not sure what happened, but it involved an easy section of smooth singletrack, a tree, and possibly a branch I may have swerved to miss, and then overcorrected afterward? Anyway, this tree was only maybe 3-4" in diameter, but came up to maybe around handlebar height and bent back 90 degrees, parallel with the trail. All I can figure is that I swerved slightly, came back over too far, knocked my handlebars on the bent-back trunk, and hit the base of the tree with the side of the front wheel. All I know is I was airborn with both feet clipped in. My friend was the one who noticed the front wheel ended up on the wrong side of the tree. As it turns out, SPD pedals aren't really designed to release from that angle (straight forward / up) - it felt like I tried to rip my foot off. Fortunately, there was a way out to the road that was mostly downhill, since I could not pedal, and also my friend knows those trails really well. Glad I wasn't alone.

No biking for me for a while. Or running. Not sure about swimming. And my only tri of the summer is in 3 weeks. Waaaaa! I most upset about the great road biking season I'm having.

At least I didn't cry.