Posted by mattcrane | Filed under Uncategorized
Hey Everyone-
Well, it looks like Missingsaddle.com is down, and so am I! Clearly some sexually frustrated malcontent is responsible for the bug attack on an innocent and friendly cycling website, and to the hacker responsible I say get either a therapist, a girlfriend, or as it is likely that you are lacking in the life and social skills required for either, a six pack, a bag of Doritos and a tube sock. No but seriously, put down the keyboard and go for a walk outside. Exit the snobby online forum for immature and vindictive sad sack hacker wannabes, and try having a real conversation with someone. High school is over, and the jocks who picked on you are likely stuck in miserable desk jobs wondering why they hate themselves. Forget them and your agenda against mean old mankind and pull yourself together you sad little boy. And please leave the cycling community alone if you insist on venting your pathetic inconcequential feelings in destructive ways. Everyone is too busy worrying about everything bothering them to take pity on you, so if you wonder why no one pats you on the back and says its all ok, its because no one cares. Knowing this, you can hopefully focus more on dealing with your issues and stop putting the impetus for it on the world around you. Life sucks and then you die you sniveling mouse jockey, get over it and make the most of the first part before the inevitible happens.
Anyway, the fact that I’m down right now can’t be blamed on an emotionally retarded weakling, but strictly on myself. Although quite how I’m not too sure, as I was on the ground before I even had time to notice I was no longer on my bike. We were setting up a leadout for Brad with about 10 minutes left to race in the Redlands Criterium, and entering the second to last corner, I dumped myself on rough pavement, resulting in a grisly sight when I picked myself up off the ground: my exposed patella. Yup, I took a good chunk out of myself!
I was taken to Redlands hospital following some excellent assistance and care from the Mavic neutral service crew and the race medics, and in the ambulance was thankfully relieved of the sizeable pain I was in with a bit of morphine. As it was a busy night in the ER, I was kept waiting for a few hours before the doctor could see me, but this was alright as it occassioned more offers of narcotic bliss.
When Dr. Fiore was able to see me, and began going to town cleaning out the injury, two things came to light: First, that the wound was a lot deeper than we suspected-the view of my joint capsule and the inner workings of my body beneath the skin being an indication of depth; and second, that there was asphalt deep inside of me that would require surgery to remove.
A night in hospital isn’t something I would normally call pleasant, but my room was comfortable, the nursing staff was very helpful, and I was able to watch Adult Swim catroons before drifing off into a long drug induced sleep; so all in all it was an approximation of pleasant.
Surgery went as planned in the morning, and by evening I was ready to be released. It was good to see the team again before I left the next morning, and I got to show them the photos you are about to see below
(GORY!)
Morgan and Reistad were essential in getting me home comfortably, but with their help the flight wasn’t bad at all, and as a perk for wheeling me around and being at my beck and call, they were allowed to jump security and boarding lines with me. I’m back in Athens now resting up, and on Friday I’ll get word from my doc about how best to proceed with getting back on the bike.
Keep It Upright,
Crane
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Euro Peloton Says:
April 1st, 2009 at 1:48 pmWow, that is truly disgusting! I’m glad that you are able to keep such a positive mood tho! An injury like that would break lesser men. Take care and best of luck with healing up!
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Nicole Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:06 amDude! That looks, well, horrible. Here’s to healing well (and rapidly) and you getting back in the peloton!
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Sessa Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:10 amDude, I know you were afraid of doing the Sunset Loop, but why did you have to wreck my bike? Dang, yo!
For serious, hope your Friday Dr. visit gives you some good news.
See you in Malaysia.
JS
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tedking Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 6:57 pmthat’s gross. glad to see you’re in relatively good spirits.
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the bird Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 7:28 pmMatt, Im sorry for everything. Was that first paragraph about me? If so please let me know with a Yes or No if we can still be BFF. I mean you mean the world to me. And my world wouldn’t be a world without you. It be complete hell, not as in hell as in hell, but as in sucky. When I say sucky, i don’t mean sucky, just not fun. Not that its not fun to be with you, just not fun without you. Not that I can’t have fun with out you, just life isn’t the same with out you. Please come back. I miss you. Please.
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LILLIAN Says:
May 3rd, 2009 at 8:20 pmohh…nice post but really?/?
