This is me on Day 3 of bike accident recovery.
Swelling is much better, stitches in my eyebrow come out tomorrow or Tuesday, and the massive body soreness is slowly subsiding. New bruises continue to appear, but it is nothing that I can’t handle.
The bruise around my left eye has become decidedly more lens shaped, but my cycling glasses are freaking amazing. I will take severe bruising over the alternative. I landed face down on a ROCK and the lenses were only SCRATCHED.
I am not a PSA type, but wear protective gear when cycling. Andy and I have ridden the MKT probably a thousand times. It only takes once to be super thankful that your favorite bike nerd insisted on buying the high-end gear from your favorite bike shop. Thanks to that gear, I get to complain about how awful my face looks and how sore I am. I will take that over the alternative. Every. Time.