I biked 10 miles a day for 15 years until......... August 14th, 2023. On that day, even with all my experience, I hit a manhole under construction that was left exposed in a bike lane. I had LOC greater than 5 mins, loss of memory for almost 12 hours, broken ribs, wrist and elbow to go with a serious concussion. Ended up back in the hospital 4 weeks later with a bout of total short term memory loss. Still fighting double vision and light sensitivity today with a PCS diagnosis.

That's one of the things that makes it difficult for me, I knew exactly how my body should feel at each stage of my ride, so it was easy to tell when I was performing at my limits. Sadly, I was told I could not risk another concussion, so I had to hang the helmet up.