Clip Ins--1, Penny--0

I’m no Lance Armstrong. Duh, right! The understatement of the century. Here’s the thing….he and the other cyclist out there make putting one foot in front of the other (so to speak in cycling) look kind of easy. No problem. I can’t do the miles and mountains but I can at least hop on a road bike, clip in and ride a freakin’ bike for a couple of miles! Um, yeah, not so fast slick. Clip in pedals….not so easy. I discovered this yesterday when I took a tumble at my first intersection on my first road bike ride ever with clip in pedals. I thought I was hot stuff unclipping my right foot way in advance. I can do this. What’s all the fuss about? I’m such a stud. But then I actually had to stop. I lost my mind and apparently my coordination, couldn’t get my left foot out and flopped over. My left arm went numb. I couldn’t even pick up the bike but somehow I managed to get the left clip in out while on the ground (great…I bit too late). Thank goodness for cell phones so I called Chris to the rescue!
The good news is that I had my arm checked out this morning and it is NOT broken…a ligament strain which will take some time to heal. The bad news is that my triathlon training has been compromised and it’s difficult to do day to day stuff like say picking up my baby and typing this message. Oh, well, it’s a learning experience. And, no, I am not clipping in for the race!!! Lesson learned.

Clip ins—1, Penny—0