You know, after reading this race report.....

.....or should I say crash report......below, I think two things - First, maybe it was a good idea to downgrade from the 3s and second, maybe this racing thing is not such a good idea after all:

Since, the word is creeping out I thought I should putout a post to update the club on our fallen teammate.Bo Hebenstreit took a hard fall in the E3 Race atCherry Pie yesterday. Here is his status as of 9:00amtoday.

He has two fractures to his chin and a compound fracture to his right jaw bone. He lost 3-5 teeth and broke a few more off. The worst part (as if that were not enough) is that he has 3 fractures to the rightside of his pelvis.

He is at the Santa Teressa Kaiser hospital (see full address below) in the surgical ward. The pelvic injury is something they do not operate on. Just immobilized while healing, then 2-3 months of Physical Therapy to walk without a walker or cane. He will be going in for the jaw operation at 4:00pm today. They will be putting plates in his jaw and wiring it up shut for the healing to occur. He will be in the hospital until Wednesday.

Just for the record, since I was right behind Bo when this occurred, he did nothing wrong. He was holding a steady straight line on the decent when he was bumped on the left, so he moved right a bit, then a guy with an aggressive line quickly swooped around my right onto the same converging line as Bo. The other cyclist hip turned Bo's handle bar, wham he was down at over 35mph with 80 guys behind us. 15-16 guys went down and 3 went to the hospital.

Help me in showing our Club support: Kaiser Sana Teressa Hospital 250 Hospital Parkway San Jose, CA 95119 rm 437-bed 2 Attn: Bo Hebenstreit

Thanks,Mike

Uh, maybe I'll take up crocquet or something.