A22 May 4, 2012 The Richmond News
Community
Head over heels for helmets
COCKTAIL
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Training early in the year we thought it was can be more grueling as you Lori good training. The ride a lot in the rain. I am skies got darker and Chalmers fortunate to have a reliable the rain heavier. riding partner, my brother I had to keep my Mark. He is also riding for my sunglasses on to husband Glenn and for a dear shield my eyes from LORI’S JOURNEY friend who recently passed the pelting rain. away from cancer. Mark lives Halfway through in Langley, so some of my early riding the ride, we rewarded ourselves with a escapades were in that city. It is a bit warm cup of coffee and hot chocolate. hillier than Richmond so offers a pretty Back onto the bike, we encountered good leg and cardio workout, which we one of Langley’s many sets of train need to do the journey to Seattle. tracks. In hindsight I should have disOn our first ride I was pretty mounted… I suspect there was a sign impressed to have gone 30 km. My telling me to do just that. I watched knees were a bit sore, but I was managmy brother go over the tracks, without ing OK. The second ride in Langley was realizing he had angled his bike so a bit more challenging. his wheels were perpendicular to the We set out early on a Saturday morn- tracks. When I crossed, the train track ing. As soon as we started pedaling sucked in my front tire, twisted my bike the rain came down, but that wasn’t sideways and literally threw me down going to stop us. The Ride to Conquer on the slippery road. Being clipped Cancer is often done in bad weather so onto the bike, there was no chance to
get my feet free fast enough to stop my fall. The majority of impact was on my head and the crash actually split my helmet. Fortunately helmets are made to withstand a good amount of shock so the end result was a bit of whiplash, some minor bruising and the need for a new helmet! I was very fortunate that a kind doctor and nurse were first on the scene and had a large van that took me and my brother to his house. Such good luck, such wonderful people. What I learned from this ride was that helmets are essential, that mine likely saved my life, and that people are kind enough to help you when you have fallen and you can’t get up! Richmond News publisher Lori Chalmers joined the Ride to Conquer Cancer to raise money for research and help herself cope with her own husband’s recent diagnoses of the disease. She’ll chronicle her journey in this column, which is also posted online.
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