Okay so in case you didn't know Trussville has about 5 miles of legit mountain biking trials in the Sports Complex!! And with me trying to feel my free time from school and work with something active, I might have become a visitor of these trials. (This is a nice time to thank my parents for getting me a hatchback car because it becomes very handy when moving my bike) Anyway well pretty much every time I go, I end up with a new injury. (for a recap I have chain marks that go up my right ankle, back of the calf strach from the chainset, rolled right ankle from a fall and blah blah blah...) Well guess who gets to add another one to that list? Yeah it's that Lena girl. Imagine me going down a rocky hill coming to an opening in the trail where the road is present. I pull on my brakes and I find that they worked a little too well, because I ended up coming to a complete stop while flipping over my bike. My injuries include a trail of scratches on the back of my arm and forearm, rock impalements down my leg, a very large bruise on my left thigh in the shape of a bike stem and I'll spare you the details on where the top tube of the bike ended up. I know right I must suck at mountain biking and your right I do. But I now have a little goal to achieve. I want to compete in a mountain biking race! So in case you didn't know Alabama has an impressive mountain biking following... apparently. Every year a group called BUMP (Birmingham Urban Mountain Pedalers) holds two races- The Bump N'Grind and the Dead Dog Trail! The Bump N'Grind is located in the Oak Mountain State park and it was this last weekend. But the Dead Dog Trail Race is usually at the end of the year and its trail is the Trussville trail! Its like fate, right???! So there it is, my new goal is to compete in the Women's Beginner race bracket! BAM! I now have another goal to add to my list!
