Training Delay

I took last Friday, 4/4, off to go skiing with Megan. Even though she is cool with me snowboarding, I like to take out the skis every once in a while. I guess old habits die hard. Anyway, we were up at Waterville Valley enjoying a mellow day at the mountain. It was actually snowing up there as well. I saw a nice barrel hit in the distance, and my plan was to ollie up on to it, bonk it and jump off. All of a sudden, BAM... I lost a ski and somehow found myself on the ground, groaning holding my left side. At first I thought i had knocked the wind out of myself, but really it was just some pain on my left side. No biggie right? I've slammed hard a bunch of times. My pride was stinging but that was probably due to the skier that came up to me and said "are you ok?". I had to go to the ER after we drove home then was transferred to Brigham & Womens in Boston and admitted for the weekend. It turns out that I shattered my kidney, in addition to bruising my left lung. My exercise program is significantly restricted. I was told "You can ride your bike... just don't fall off. Or if you fall, fall to your right side." Right... that's easy enough. The full report can be read here.

My plan right now is to start slowly on the basement trainer and then in a few weeks get back on the bike. The tough part is yesterday was 65 degrees and sunny here. The sacrifices I make to be a jumping idiot monkey. I guess I can just be happy I'm not Jan Ulrich, Lance Armstrong's former archnemsis. Ulrich was just fined $1MM Euros (that's $1.6MM) in a doping fraud case. Megan on the other hand has been racking up the miles.