Crash on the bike ride...

Unfortunately yesterday I attended a trial of Giro Helium helmet!

I was returning from a 3 hours ride with my "team mates" Chris Foster and Colin O'Brady, when a car crossed ahead and I was the first to hit it...

Not many time to think and I was flying over the hood of that Mercedes and I can exactly remember smacking the ground with my head, when it seemed that my neck was being flattened, just like the enemies in Super Mario Bros when they were crushed at the somersault!

My first thought was ... "F # $% I will not be able to train for a long time ..."
The second was... "Damn.. if I get into the ambulance I will going to spend $ 5,000..."
(That is something new for me, cause in Brasil no one pay for this service)

After a few minutes with the adrenaline coming down, I realized that was no apparent serious damage, and I thought about the things that really matter... later I went to the hospital to make sure that the cervical spine would be fine!

Thank goodness that I only suffered some scratches on my leg and elbow beyond the punch in the head ...
I'm still feeling a lot of pain at the top of the column, and can barely turn my neck, but I'm very optimistic that more few days I will be ready to get back to work!

My team mate, Chris Foster, had the most ugly injure, and had 22 stitches in the arm ... The photos of the accident seems a medicine book because you can see the layer of fat over the muscle tissue ... In the picture above you can have an idea, I'll save you from the study of tissues!

I can only be appreciated for all the friends who gave me a big support, and were always ready for my screams! What to say about my American family, Crista who would not let me go home without going to the hospital and check everything, they are all super!!

Well... helmet approved! Tomorrow I will see if the bike still working, and continue the battle in the World Cup Triathlon!

DNF at Edmonton World Cup...

Another race, and I was super excited (like the shot above :-S), I believed that I would at least make the second pack of swimmers... But I had no chance, I swam so badly and ended up with the last guys, I was exhausted  and could barely run in the sand on the way to get my bike...

Not much to say about the race result... It was so painful to give up. I feel I have a social responsibility, because I am not only investing my life, but the time of many people to reach my Olympic goal. I know I did my best, but something was lacking, so I decided to not participate in the upcoming World Cups. As for the next couple of days I will invest time in training.

I'm not at my happiest, but I'm not close to quitting! I told myself that I would continue racing until 2012 with or without sponsorship and like I said this will be!

I cannot complain, this year is been pretty good. Here in America things are going really well! I am very lucky to have found a great team with Siri Lindley, great friends and training partners. And what about my American family! Crista and Mark accompanied me in Edmonton and gave me huge support, we had so much fun, despite the bad result...

So let's goooo... time to train!!!