Biking fool -- Sun. Dec 30, 2007

Out biking with F on roads and snowy trails, when I encountered an obstacle: tried vaulting a snowberm, but on landing front wheel dug right in and pulled my handsdown with it, as I continued over the bars so I headfirsted into the ground. Wooly hat hit snow and gravel, and while I escaped with a mild graze on my forehead, my neck and back screamed bloody murder. The crunching cracking sound in my neck as I hit was heart stopping, but then as I flopped onto the ground I could feel my feet so I realised it can't have been too bad. It was my left forehead and my right side suffered most. I think all the muscles snapped to full tension just like that, and I ended up straining the whole lot, as well as getting what felt like a bruise on the back of my neck (compression?).

Now over a week later I have what feels like a torn muscle under my right shoulder, and the rest is just tender, with still quite limited head turning mobility. Live and learn.

I didn't run at all during the week after that.