Recently I’ve heard about several incidents where bicyclists have been hit by cars. A friend in Savannah was hit on her rear wheel sending her flying off the bike causing road rash and broken rib(s) down her left side. Thankfully she’s ok but there was another incident several days later which resulted with the individual dying. All this on the same highway. Another local story here in the Dallas area caught my attention as well. A female triathlete was out riding around 8pm and was struck from behind by a car. She’s now in the hospital in critical condition fighting for her life. The worse part, it was a hit & run, they are in search of her attacker. Thankfully for her, she was wearing a Road ID anklet which holds contact information for this exact situation. If you haven’t heard of Road ID and you’re active outside (running, cycling, roller blading, etc.) please check them out. This one small item could be what saves your life. I urge you to purchase one. In fact, I just purchased one over the weekend and should receive it early next week.
Here is the article about the young lady hit in Plano – Plano Ironman triathlete hospitalized in hit-and-run
Yes, I know it’s horrible! I took some time off over the weekend to try to relax, I did very little. Many hate doing such things, I find it refreshing and calming to not run around performing errands, shopping or whatever. Saturday night I did attend the Rascal Flatts concert with my mom. That was a great time, they put on an awesome show. I saw them 3 years ago and this one was by far better. Opening acts consisted of Chris Young, Kelli Pickler, and John Rich. Not bad though I did prefer the other show which had Eric Church and Gary Allan! An interesting tidbit from this concert (ok, not really interesting guess I should have said entertaining), John Rich had this little dwarf/midget dude on stage with him and I’m talking about 2′ tall! Anyway, watching the little guy shake his booty while John Rich was singing “Do the little nasty man dance”! Yes, I was dying! If only my old iPhone took video cause that was one for the books!
Next, I did perform the row machine for 10 minutes. Surprisingly my back didn’t really like the machine so I didn’t push it. Finished up with some stretching but all in all it wasn’t as bad as I initially thought it would be.
