Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Sfortuna....


This post will probably take forever, as you can see in the picture i have a slight typing disadvantage...so to clear up the most frequently asked question when people see this picture....no im not happy i was hit by a police motor bike and have a smashed up hand that will take 20 days to recover...im smiling because sometimes in life you just have to laugh and find the funny side of even the most crappy situations...and seriously how could you not laugh, my hand looks like a claw and for the next 20 days everywhere i go i will have random Italian people stop look and point...(yep im 3 days in and its happening)...
Sfortuna is bad luck in Italian, for those of you that know me well will know that i have not exactly had a smooth run and it seems it will be no different here in Europe...but hey if it really bothered me i would have taken up lawn bowls after breaking my collar bone...Vince i know you keep offering to sort me out with all the gear, but i think I'll keep trying with the cycling thing for a little longer...for anyone that hasn't heard the story of what happened, here it is in short...on Saturday the team raced GP Liberazione in Italy...it was a dead flat circuit that was 10km and we would race it 14 times before the final sprint...the race was going well for me and my team for the first time since my knee injury i was feeling strong on the bike...through out the race there were a number of breaks which myself and teammates got into but nothing that would hold...last lap...it was now time to find my sprinter and make sure she was looked after and dropped off in the best position for the sprint...this did not happen, with 5km to go a police motorbike escort somehow managed to not see the group coming and turn his bike on the the road we were racing down...as first through i was clipped on my left hand side, however managed to hold the bike up...in this instance i guess i did have luck on my side a little because the 5 or so girls behind that took the full blow were not so fortunate...a number of them ended up at the same hospital as me...i continued to the finish, i really don't remember a great deal of the final 5km other than thinking gee my hand it saw...it wasn't until stopping after the race that i discovered exactly what had happened...
I am frustrated especially after only just getting over my knee injury...but i do need to learn to be more patient and im pretty sure this will force me to learn...as you can probably guess im not training on the road at the moment however in my endeavour to maintain a much fitness as possible, thanks to warren he altered my training and i am now doing morning and afternoon wind trainer session...(certainly something else that is teaching me to be patient)...on the topic of patience however i do need the thank my D.S Alfonso and team president Brunello who have been very good with supporting me...i hope to be fit and back on the bike soon so i can repay the support and faith they have in me...and yes one hand typing this short post took WELL over an hour :)

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