Good & Bad

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I had a really great 11+ miles on trails that in May scared me sh!tless. The downside...a dear friend joined us and badly broke both wrist bones hitting a patch of loose sand at the bottom of a hill. She is even more of a noob than I am and has no insurance (she works 2 part-time jobs and puts in well over 40 hours/week...another rant). It upsets me that she's going to likely go into debt over this...doing something fun and healthy. Thankfully she still wants to ride in the future.

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Oh no! That's awful!!!! I'm sorry to hear that. I did notice that it was exceptionally sandy out there yesterday. And many of the places there was no clean line around the sand pits--you just had to aim straight and say a prayer. Sending healing thoughts to your friend.

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Yep, the spot she hit was near the end of the easy loop, right when there's that wide open "sandbox" at the bottom of a hill. All of us struggled to get through that, but she is totally new and endo'd. She must have put her arm out to stop herself (I've never done that when I fall, but all of my falls have been slow-mo and I tend to hold onto the bike to protect it, heh).