Broken left collarbone and 7 lug stitches
Not a very good day on the bike really. It was meant to be a relaxed reintroduction to mountainbike racing after ages off the sport but it turned out to be 20 minutes racing then a trip to Fairfield hospital via Mountain Rescue Land Rover and an ambulance.
Complicated feelings just now and I need to go back tomorrow to find out if the broken collarbone needs to be pinned. The tear to my ear was only mildly painful but bled like hell – my face was well dowsed with blood.
Crash itself was a riding error on my part – not a big one but in a place on the course that meant going down hard was inevitable.
The race, up to then, at Lee Quarry – was going pretty well, and that rocky course was fun at high speed. Four what it’s worth…!
Three gruesome snaps here on Flickr
UPDATE: a sequence of the nasty event now from www.equestrian-sports-photography.co.uk here (see link from Twinkly Dave’s comment below)
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- Right foot clicked out...
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- Impact
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- phmmmph
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- uiuuuuuuugggrrrm
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- Cut ear
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- Mmmm... nice grit
Bad luck! Hopefully you’ll heal quickly like Lance Armstrong, he was back on his bike in a couple of weeks.
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Bad luck brother, still at least it is your ‘off season’ and should not affect the 3 peaks prep. get well soon
Ouch. Heal soon. Didn’t go too well for me, either – crashed on practise lap on a completely innocuous but very fast bit and have just got back from A&E sporting the biggest wrist cast known to man. Back on Wednesday to talk about pins. We can compare scars in September
Can’t understand how you have managed to get away with NOT having an accident before now!
I hope you are soon feeling better – you must be aching all over.
Take care. XXX
not sure if you’ve seen these already:
http://www.equestrian-sports-photography.co.uk/my%20web%20site/My%20Web%20Galleries/Brownbacks%20race%20April19/default1.htm
on page 2 there’s a nice 3 shot sequence of you, erm, ‘losing a battle with the ground’
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Dude that looks nasty. You have our sympathy and hope you have a speedy recovery.
Strewth matey…
Rosy had her first bike spill a few weeks ago… Not quite in your league though!
I’m sticking to badminton… much safer.
take care – Bils
ouch. ouch. ouch
Nice to see onlookers taking photos rather than rushing to help ! Hope you’re recovering OK
You have my sympathy, that’s a nasty looking break. I did similar last year but only broke my collarbone in one place. I’d guess you might need surgery for your injury.
The depressing part is one minute you feel fit and on top of you’re game, then suddenly the game changes. After the initial pain it’s a mental effort as you come to terms with not doing what you previously took for granted.
Having said that, you WILL heal! And it’s amazing how it all comes together again – so stay positive. If it helps, I wrote up my thoughts on the ‘NHS collarbone experience’ (hope you don’t mind the link drop).
“Nice to see onlookers taking photos rather than rushing to help ! Hope you’re recovering OK”
Cmon guys it was over in a split second WE did help dave Give us a break No pun intended Dave M8
Baz