I met at 5:15am this morning and ran 7 miles with Sasha, Tyler, and Derek. We finished in a little over 55:00. In the afternoon I ran another 4.5 miles with the team to finish with 11.5 miles for the day. I only got 16 miles biking in today, and I am giving myself a 5 mile equivalent on this one. It would have been 18 miles like usual except I got hit by a motorcycle about 2 miles from the house and I had to call Kimia to come pick me up. I was lucky. I was riding on a small residential street with no shoulder, and I saw that there was construction up ahead of me. I didn't want to wait for it, so I decided to turn left. I moved into the middle of the lane so that no one would try to pass me. Glancing back I did not see anyone, and I started to slow down so that I could turn. Two cars were passing by, and as the second car passed I started to turn. All of a sudden I hear a horn and a motorcycle comes flying out of nowhere from behind me. I jumped off the bike as the motorcycle hit it and it fell to the ground. I was lucky that I didn't get hit at all.
I was not too happy when the driver of the motorcycle stopped just long enough to make sure that his bike wasn't damaged and then drove off leaving me with a messed up bike that I couldn't ride. The guy on the motorcycle was also driving way too fast, and he shouldn't have been trying to pass me when I was in the middle of the lane. My problem was that I did not signal. Usually I do, but since I did not see him behind me when I glanced back (probably because he was way behind me driving too fast) I didn't bother to signal as I thought that there was no need to signal if no one was there.
Anyhow, I can count myself lucky that I am not hurt at all, and that my bike will be fine without needing any repairs that will cost me any money to fix ( I just need to straighten the handlebars and fix the brakes). I was also not planning on riding it for a while since St. George is coming up soon, so I can take my time fixing the bike as well. | 