Be safe out there

[Funrover]

Sunday the 26th was a great/not great day for me. I did get in almost 50 miles of ride time, this I love. I also was able to watch the last leg of the USA Pro Cycling event downtown Denver. I had a great time. However I did not drink enough water. I had sucked the camelbak dry and could not find a place to replenish it. I was helped by a nice older couple who called 911 and the ambulance took me to the hospital. I will spare the details but just be careful out there. I normally cover all my bases but this 1 time I did not and I ended up in an ambulance.

I made many mistakes:
1. Didn’t have enough fluids
2. Didn’t eat enough during the day
3. Kept pushing when should have stopped
4. Did not find shade/area to cool down

Started off a nice normal ride

Some time trial fun

Some random shots of bikes/amount of bikes/crowds

Heading back home

Where I actually ended up at!

[Corey Maddocks ✓ supporter]

If only Singletracks had posted a couple of blog posts about this very issue, it could have saved you so much trouble … 😼

Seriously though, glad you ended up with some help so that it didn’t get much worse. 😮

[Funrover]

Man I felt like an idiot. I am normally over prepared and very good about this. The 1 time I wasn’t I paid.

[UnclePatches]

Good to see you are ok and they let you take your bike w/ you.

[fleetwood]

Glad to hear you are okay and that the ER was able to take care of the bike as well. Love the giant Jenga shot.

[Greg Heil ✓ supporter]

Dang dude glad it wasn’t too serious… amazing that this happened to both you and Jeff this summer.

[brianW]

That may be the first picture I have seen of funrover not smiling and having a blast.

[Jared13 ✓ supporter]

"brianW" wrote

That may be the first picture I have seen of funrover not smiling and having a blast.

^This

Thanks nice older couple!

[Funrover]

Thanks for the kind words.

Jeff- I hope your recovery was also quick. I read about what happened. It seems you were worse off from what you wrote!

I am back and doing well. Had a nice little ride today. While I am not 100% I did great IMO. You all be safe out there!

[sprodj]

Glad you found safety… and can ride again!

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