So i had OFSAA yesterday and i went to a special doctor to tell me what was really wrong with me from getting hit by a car on tuesday well i was on my bike on my way to xc practice. I have a hematoma on my pelvis bone and he told me that it was not going away for another 3 weeks and i will have a bump for another few months. this was the worst timing ever considering i am going to have this for the rest of the xc season. The doctor says its going to affect my performance but nothing was going to stop me from running OFSAA. So once that gun went off that first step i took was full of pain. Throughout that whole race i felt like a knife was stabbing me in my pelvis bone. It was the most pain i have ever been in my life. There were points in that race when i thought about quiting because of the pain but i live by in life always finish what you start and never give up so i ran with my heart and didnt give up. Even though the end result was horrible and disappointing no one can say that i didnt try and give it everything i had. If i was healthy like i was about a month ago when we ran the same course at cardinal carter/pre OFSAA and if i ran that same time yesterday as i did a month ago then i would have ended up 11th at OFSAA. That is the disappointing part knowing that i could have had a great OFSAA performance. Shit happens in life so i just sucked it up and ran and i am going to keep on doing that for the rest of the xc season. It just shows that i am a fighter and willing to never give up. I trainned my ass off for this season so i am not going to quit when the finish line is in the near future
So last night around 5.25 the worst thing could have happened right before OFSAA xc on saturday. I was riding my road bike to xc practice and this lady was stopped at the lights waiting to make a left turn and she didnt see me and struck me from the side with her car. i flew off my bike and hit the ground landing on my side then banging my head. i was lucky to be wearing a helmet which the paramedics said saved my life and prevented me from having brain damage. They brought me to the hospital in a ambulance and took a x-ray i luckly only have a bruised kidney and maybe some internal bleeding in the kidney. The doctor told me not to run on saturday. But i told him that it was impossible for me not to run i would have to be dead for me not to run this saturday. He said that it probably wont get any worse but it is going to hurt alot in the race. I am just trying to think positive in this whole situation and when it comes down to it you race with your heart and your mind and i know those two things are way stronger then my kidney so i will be able to still have a good race hopefully. And finish the race with a great result like none of this ever happened. It was just the matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time 2 seconds earlier or later and i would have been clear of this idiot who hit me but shit happens in life and you just have to suck it up and move on. The thing that i can be greatful hear is that i was wearing a helmet and there was no more damage then there already is.
I raced GBSSA yesterday at duntroon, ontario i had a tough time with that course. There was a hill that was over a 1km long and very steep and that just burnt me out. I still came 2nd just not my best race. OFSAA though is just over aa week and i am ready to race. I have been trainning very hard and doing well in workouts and i will give it all i have next saturday and hopefully pull through with a great race. My goal is top 8 it wont be easy, but i belive if i have a great race and push myself till there is nothing left then i can pull it off
