Why Now....:o(
Never has it been more evident than the past couple of weeks how much Moto means!! Unfortunately it looks like my season is done! Racing for a podium position and unfortunately someone decided to cross lines in mid-air...going from far right all the way across to the left and taking out my front end in the air...result - torn ACL, torn miniscus, fractured fibula plateau and a whole lot of pain.
I didn't know how bad the damage was but realized it was something serious when I couldn't move my leg for about five minutes. EMT came over and wanted to transport me but there was still about two laps left in the moto. I had someone start my bike for me, I jumped on and basically putted my way around for another lap to take the checkers (in dead last and a world of pain)...I was proud nonetheless to finish the race and not DNF and although my results sucked I felt like I won when a couple of spectators stopped by my pit to commend me for finishing the race and see how I was doing. I was pretty disappointed because I had a whole speech and wanted to thank my sponsors :o)
The dude that took me out was genuinely remorseful and I had a couple friendly words with him and let him know that there were no hard feelings.
That's Racing and I can't wait to get back.
Cheers!