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Not riding this week
As some of you may have noticed, I haven’t posted any of my rides this week. Well, there’s a good reason…I can’t ride right now. We had a family get together on Sunday afternoon and I burned my right hand pretty good on a hot pan. I picked it up with a towel but it burned me right through it. The palm of my hand was singed a little but the worst damage was done to my middle and index fingers. The tips of both of those fingers were burned and I have another spot on the second joint of my middle finger. The locations (and pain) of the burns makes it near impossible to grip anything let alone hold onto a handlebar while riding. So, until these burns heal some (hopefully by Monday next week), I’m going to have to take some time off from riding.
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Bummer. Get well soon
@jaxgtr: I will. The blisters have popped and the skin has come off. It’s still very difficult to grip anything but hopefully by Monday I’ll be good.
Sounds like some bad luck. Hope you only need to take a week off.
Will be interesting to see how strong your legs feel after the break.
Hey Bryan,
That is a tough break. Maybe you can get out for some walks and do some hill walking until you can get back on.
BTW - I had two Bryan like observation / moments this past week.
a.) a deer jumped across the road in front of me. I enjoyed watching it so much, I almost forgot that they travel together most of the time. Fortunately, there wasn’t another one to wipe me out.
b.) a wild turkey raced across the road in front of me the other day. It kind of made me laugh a bit. Why did the turkey cross the road??? I still haven’t come up with a punch line, but it did make me chuckle for a good mile or so.
Heal soon!
Dave
Bryan, I was talking with a friend of mine that lives up near FCCJ South and he likes to ride From FCCJ to Gate Parkway, well I decided to look at the map since I am always looking for new routes and drew this up for you when your hand is better and you can get some miles in. I am going to try and give it a shot maybe on Saturday. I have it leaving FCCJ parking lot, but, from my house, it will add about 12 or 13 miles to the route, I editing that one now, but I’d thought I’d throw this out to you. Hope your doing better. When you are ready to ride again and if you can make them, Monday night rides from Bicycle Etc Philips location at 6 pm. Typically 20-25 miles, no drop.
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/fl/jacksonville/342778944075
sorry to hear about the burn to your hand. I hope it heals quickly so you can get back to riding. I added you to my blog list so I can come back.
@Carolyn: Thanks for stopping by. The hand feels much better now and I was able to ride this morning. I’ll be posting a ride report a little later.
@jaxgtr: I’ll take a look at that ride, thanks. I’m going to think about the group ride on Mondays.
@daveydave: Those are cool observations. I’m actually surprised I haven’t seen a deer yet. The area I ride around in the mornings is called Deerwood. Though the area is heavily populated, I still see lots of deer in my in-laws subdivision. Thanks for the encouragement.
@thePig: The week off did my hand and body good. The legs felt great this morning.
@All: Thanks for the encouragement as I worked through this unexpected injury.