Had a couple of dodgy training spins recently starting with an incident with a car. Having survived 3 hours of ‘dangerous’ mountain biking I was coming home through Dundrum and a guy decided to turn left without looking sending me over the bars and almost onto the bonnet of another car! I was very lucky, managed to avoid full impact and somehow landed on my feet. Drivers on their way to go shopping seem to leave their brains at home.
Then last weekend I hit a patch of black ice on the road heading toward Glencree youth hostel. One second I was riding along happily, next thing, wham…slamming onto the ground and skidding along the road. I landed right on my coccyx which is a pretty painful place to hit. The next day i was walking round like a cripple so instead of my normal gym session I went into the sports centre in UCD for ice bath intervals. It was unbelievable, 30 seconds of hot shower followed by 30 seconds in a huge tub of cold water and ice cubes x3. Pretty nasty getting into the bath but afterwards you feel incredible and my back was considerably less stiff. I’ll be back for more, its great for easing tired legs and speeding up recovery too.
Now no more procrastinating, back to my dissertation…