Monatsarchiv: März 2013

Es ist schon interessant im Web zu sehen, welchen intimen Details Blogger über sich in die Öffentlichkeit stellen. 18 Miles per Hour („18 Miles per hour is about rising through the world instead of just passing it by.“)  zum Beispiel ist ein Blog in das ich gerne und oft hinauschaue. Das dürfte aber jetzt erst einmal vorbei sein, denn Brian, einer der Macher von 18 Miles per Hours postete heute einen Beitrag aus der Notfallaufnahme:

HELLO E.R., OLD FRIEND

I went down again. Badly. How badly? Enough that I’m considering leaving this sport.

I know that’s a bit dramatic, but when I’ve put my wife through that “phone call” from the hospital, seen my 11 year old son try to keep it together and my daughter cry as they brought me off the ambulance on a spinal board with my face in pieces and my brain function spotty, I have to question how fair it is to keep putting them through that.

Especially since it’s not the first time. And this was not a race. It was not a technical trail. I was just riding along. And then I wasn’t. So at the very least I’m taking a long long time away from the bike. My family needs a break. And my broken face needs one, too.

– Brian

Gute Besserung von hier aus.