Well, well, where to start…

Ok my faithful readers, here we go…

Last night I got word that a young local rider, Jonathon Parrish, got hit by a car while competing in Sunday mornings Tour of Scottsdale. The Tour of Scottsdale is a local benefit ride that’s turned into a bit of a competitive race. It gets a decent crop of the Arizona racers out there giving it a go in the early morning hours.

Apparently, Jon had punctured and after fixing it was in the process of cruising to the finish line. While heading west up Shea Boulevard through the town of Fountain Hills, he was hit. The story goes that the woman who hit him heard her cell phone ring and looked down…… and upon looking up she had hit Jon.

Damn… Just riding along… Not doing anything dumb… Not riding out in the middle of traffic… Just minding his own damn business.

I guess to the woman’s credit, she stopped, called for help, and admitted fault. That’s more than you can say for a lot of these incidents now a days where all they find is a 12-pack of Bud on the floor board, no skid marks and a dulley pick-up truck with it’s right side dulley sheared off.

As for Jon, he suffered a broken collarbone and a fractured lower vertebrae. He’ll be in a back brace for an estimated 12 weeks. The bigger bummer here is that Jon had just battled back from a awful racing crash where he really worked himself over… Ready for this? Here it is: (1) broken collarbone, (1) broken thorax (had to Google this one to even find out what the hell it was), a few broken ribs and (1) punctured lung. If I forgot anything, let me know.

Jeez… Hang in there little buddy, there’s greener pasture up around the bend.

Alright, I’m pulling a 180, and switching gears and topics here……

A local Arizona group has put together an Anti-Doping website: WWW.RIDECLEAN.NET

If you were at Interbike, you probably saw the t-shirts scattered about the place. I did.

Unlike most Anti-Doping websites that pop up, this one actually makes sense. I applaude the efforts and intentions set forth by all these sites, but somewhere between the good intentions of the heart and the computer’s keyboard, the message seems to get blurred and the delivery a bit off track. When this happens, the once positive message becomes more for entertainment purposes and far less effective. That’s just my oppinion, take it for what it’s worth.

Anyways, check out the RideClean website and make your own decision. Click on their online store link if you’re in the market for a new shirt and socks. They’ve got enough items in there to choke a full grown donkey.

Honest.

Alright, so this post got a bit more serious than I like to get, so in closing I’ll leave you with this to marinate on…

Don’t ask, becuase I have no clue…

Later.

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