Dear Veronica and Lizzy:

I'm feeling much better thank you and rode the last two days. Thank you for explaining what slicks are and for telling me that my tires will slide out more on wet asphalt. I will be careful if I encounter that. I don't think I want to ride in the rain at this point in my cycling career but with all the sprinklers going it's more than likely I'll be riding on wet asphalt sooner or later. No, my injuries weren't to bad, just painful enough to prevent riding especially since they were in the posterior portion of my body. But I'm all healed up now and trying to ride as often as I can. I've lost some of what I had gained but my time has improved so perhaps I didn't lose to much.