Powell 2014

Powell 2014

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Broken, Bruised, Bionic



Herein lies the chronicle of my road biking demise.  With high hopes I struck out to ride an unprecedented 50 miles on a steel road bike of antiquity.  With few glitches in my progress I navigated the proximity of the Jordan River Bike Trail avoiding road construction etc.  Then the fateful moment arrived as I reached the 25 mile mark the transition from the Jordan River trail to the Legacy Parkway trail resulted in my unchecked speed carrying me into an unseen, unmarked and unforgiving hard left turn and like Zoolander I found that I cannot turn left!!  The above mentioned factors combined with a gaping trench equated to a significant impact to my left side predominantly absorbed by my shoulder wherein my left clavicle gave way to the pressure and retired from its supportive functions.  With that lovely tale in mind follow on the photographic journey that defines the past several weeks of my previously unbroken life.

Note the strangely protruding and misplaced object concealed within my dermis!
Ah!!!! That would about sum it up.
And in case you wanted to see more this was my first look at my new souvenir.
A technicolor ensemble to rival that of the famed Joseph of Egypt!! 
My new internal parts:)
Perhaps my primate-like habit of beating my chest has gone to far;)