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I had my first crash yesterday on my bike. Gabe, Ethan, and I rode our bikes to the pool to swim some laps. After swimming about 500 yds. and then getting an ice cream cone, we started back home. At one point in our ride, we have to cross an area of grass at the bottom of a small hill to get to the sidewalk that will take us home. Thinking I could beat my boys, I took off ahead of them. When I tried to get on the sidewalk, I didn't come at it just right so when I hit that sidewalk with my front wheel, off I flew over the bike landing on my knees and then rolling on to my back and shoulder narrowly missing Ethan coming at me. My boys were so sweet and worried about me. After I got up and got back on my bike, they then told me how cool that crash was. Thanks, guys.

Scroll down to see the results of that spill. I didn't want my bloody knees to be the first thing you saw when you came here. ;)

I must say that as much as this hurt, I was a little disappointed that my injuries were not enough to take me out of the triathlon in two weeks. Yep, I'm starting to freak out about it!