I'm done riding DH for this year. I was holding out a tiny speck of hope that I may be able to race the Pro GRT finals at Mammoth in September, and waited until my visit with the sports medicine specialist to find out for sure; he confirmed the opinion that it's not a good idea since it's taking so long to get better. If I hit my head again too soon it will be more painful and an even longer time to recover and that's not what needs to happen at all. Drat. Guess it's time to forget about this season and focus on plugging away at recovery so that I can prepare for an even better year in 2014. I'm really going to miss spending more time this summer with all of the new friends I've met and camping out at the races. Bike racing is so much fun and I can't wait to get back at it! However, I am also hoping to be able to ride in time to take an IMBA coaching certification course later this summer and be able to help coach at the Shine clinics; this would be great as far as my mission to get more ladies involved with and/or totally hooked on riding mountain bikes, and could be a great opportunity to work on other aspects of my involvement with bicycles.
With that said, I'd like to send out a big THANK YOU!! to my team, our sponsors, and my family and all of the friends who have supported and encouraged me this season. It's a great feeling to have so many people believe in what you can do, trying to chase your wildest dreams. You all are awesome!! Special thanks go to Kit for being so supportive of my nutty bike addiction, coming to far away races to cheer me on (and doing most of the driving) with hopes of a side trip climbing or a little pedaling somewhere in there. And more recently, putting up with multiple nights of cooking dinner AND washing the dishes when I didn't feel good enough to get off the couch, all without complaining. I am so lucky!
Shred on! Stay tuned for whatever happens when I can start really doing stuff, whenever that happens to be--hopefully soon because I'm going craaaazzzyyyy!
You will be healed up in no time, and this injury will be just a blip on your otherwise awesome adventure radar! You must be feeling a little better if you were able to make ME breakfast on YOUR birthday! Lots of healing vibes to you, sister! xoxoxo
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