I did a 35 mile ride Saturday with my women's cycling group. I'm always the slowest one so I was spared seeing an accident in the front group. One of the riders is a little bit high strung and inattentive. She rode between two others and touched bars- one of them stayed upright but she and (I think) one of the other women went down. I got there and a few cars were stopped- a man in a big pickup truck kindly offered to take the two of them back to the start. At that point "L" couldn't put any weight on her leg and I was thinking some kind of fracture... We didn't call an ambulance- possibly should have but she went straight to the ER. Her injuries included a fractured sacrum and inferior and superior ramus. I think she had a torn muscle as well. Ouch!! After they left, I had to sit down for a minute because I get light headed just thinking about it. Then someone else went back with derailleur issues and someone else left early so it was just 3 of us.

I suggested we add in the 8 mile loop at Saguaro National Park instead of just stopping for water and halfway around I realized how close I was cutting it for getting back - I was scheduled to perform at the Tucson Celtic Festival. So I ended up with a few PR's on strava (which I only use when my Garmin battery isn't charged) but made it back in time.

Much more eventful than the usual Saturday ride. 6-8 weeks recovery time for my friend- plus wheelchair and then a walker to get around for a while. She's also a teacher and I can't imagine trying to be a middle school teacher with that limitation