Sunday, Bloody Sunday!

Sunday's adventure took us to the Mid Michigan Community College trail in Harrison, MI. I was looking forward to this trail in particular after hearing so many positive things about it from other riders. So once again, we spandex'd up, loaded up the bikes and headed out to the trailhead.

The first few miles were filled with real easy flowing singletrack, kind of like a larger pump-track. The foliage was similar to Hanson Hills but with one HUGE difference....NO SAND! But the lack of sand did nothing to prevent the wife from spending a good amount of time off her bike during this ride. Crash #1 happened a few miles in. We all heard a funny noise come from the back of the pack and then an "I`m alright!" Bike vs. Stump....The stump won.

Crash #2 happened almost out of nowhere while making a sharp right turn with a tree on the left side of the trail. Somehow she managed to go wide and run right into the tree with her front tire. I was directly behind her when she hit the tree and it looked much worse than it was. The impact forced her off her bike into the standing position. The tree fortunately took the brunt of the force and while they were both shaking it off, I did what any good husband would do....I took a picture!

Crash #3 was probably due to fatigue and feeling a little too comfortable. We've all been in that situation when you`re just pedaling along, feeling great, your brain shuts off for a brief moment and then WHAM, you're off your bike and you have no idea WTF just happened. Her back tire washed out on an easy right turn and tossed her off the bike onto the ground. For a brief moment, I thought it was going to be pretty bad but she got up, we looked over all the new blood and scrapes that she just earned, checked the bike for any major damage and then got right back on.

Once we got back to the parking lot, my beautiful wife looked like she was mauled by a bear. But after a Hydrogen Peroxide bath and a nice soak in Higgins Lake, she was back to beautiful and we were talking about how to get her ready for Ore 2 Shore!

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Props to JRAD and Julie for hosting an awesome weekend....We had a blast!

- Coach Steve, "Crash" and the Girls