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Sunday Clubrun for me. 8 in the Square (Andy G, Richard, Andy, Muzzy, Heather, JohnC, Nigel and self).

Beautiful day, felt quite mild (relatively) but had been parky overnight. Quite slippy through Castle Howard and after some tense riding decided to change plans and drop onto the B road at Slingsby and head up to Helmsley. The little bit of traffic had ground the grit into the frost and all was fine again.

Nigel suffering sore Achilles after some running recently (unnatural exercise) and Heather nursed him back from Hovingham. Quick cafe for the rest of us in Helmesley, then stuck to the B road again for the direct route back through Stillington.

Just 60 odd miles and back in York before 1-30. Pace nice and even and kept it together quite well.

Plan now to continue with some sensible rides of 60-80 miles for the next few weeks. Hopefully we can get plenty of new blood to join in, then we can all gently increase the distance/challenge together.

Nidderdale next week. See you in the Square at 0900.

I did a 50 mile very steady but non stop ride with Simon W and it killed me!

Woke up Saturday planning to head out with the training ride but plan B was soon put into action once I'd pulled back the curtains and saw the rain.

Instead I headed out for a solo ride at 10 once there was some blue sky in sight. A lumpy, meandering route to Helmsley but non-stop and at a fair lick. No ice but plenty of slush and water which, mixed with a stiff headwind whenever I pointed vaguely West, made for a tough session. Very quiet too with not many cars and only 2 other riders spotted.

Roll on springtime!

Headed out with Kevin's group on Saturday. Nine of us left the square heading out to Millington. I punctured in Stockton on Forest, Kevin waited then we tried to play catch up with the rest only meeting them at the cafe. We later found out they'd took a different route. My first visit to Millington since the extension, what a diffence it's made with much more room. We were also welcomed by who I assume was the owner.

After an enjoyable break we battled into the headwind on a direct route home via Stamford Bridge. In had the same feelings as Steph, the ride killed me or certainly the afternoon did! I arrived home just before 3:30pm with nearly 60 miles covered.

Thanks to Kevin for an interesting route and for waiting when I got a flat. Not out this coming Saturday but hopefully be out the following week. Need to improve fitness!

Having only last week started cycling again after the bad weather, Xmas and 2 bouts of cold, Sunday turmed out to be more eventful than planned. I only covered 16 miles, I know this is not impressive however 8 miles of this were done with out any recollection from myself having crashed on the outward 8 miles Confused anyone!! Basicaslly my last memory was just before the accident all recollection after that until I was home I dont remember, about 40 mins of cyclling. I did not not even know I was injured until I arrived home.

Firstly can anyone explain to me how it might be possible to ride and most importantly find my way home without any memory of it. And also apart for my injured left hand and severe black left eye the only damage to the bike was a broken rear mud guard, rather bizarrely along the top near the brake calipers. Its just broken in 2. So I have also ridden home with a rubbing mudguard again without been able to remember it.

Spooky eh

Jon

T'was the training ride for me on Saturday, felt pretty fit and with it all the way round until we hit that big puddle of water at the east side of Terrington. I got my right foot wet going through it and for some strange 'arthur C clarke' reason it seemed as if all my energy was drawn out of me. I battled on up the hill but just could not catch the group. As I reached the bottom of Terrington bank the group was just in sight going across the little bridge at the chicane so I mustered all I had and gave chase. Got within 80 or so yards just as I hit the red light on the road works just the other side of Sherrif! Try as I did, and even with a mile or so of aerodynamic assistance from Phil Bixby, I just could not pull them back in. Returned home with the reserve tank empty, two really sore legs and a freezing right foot. What a workout!!

Jon,

Sorry to hear you had an "incident".

I am now speaking with my professional hat on! What you describe is a condition known as "Post-Traumatic Amnesia" or PTA.

It follows a head injury and is a useful marker of the severity of the head injury.

This is where it gets a bit complicated! Memory is not all the same. There are different types. There are longer term memories such as what your name is, who your spouse is, where you live, what school you went to, how to ride a bike and so on and these are hard to shake off. There are short-term memories, and there are even shorter (working) memories and then there is the ability to lay down new memory. There also different types of forgetting (amnesia)! Retrograde amnesia is forgetting what happened before the event. Anterograde amnesia is forgetting what happened after the event.

What happens in PTA is that your brain stops being able to lay down new memory. So anything you do whilst in a state of PTA will not be remembered (anterograde amnesia) because the mechanism for laying down that memory was not functioning. As the memory was never laid down in the first place it won't come back (occasionally you can get glimpses of memory poking through as PTA is rarely absoloute, but you will probably not regain the sort of memory that gives a clear coherent storyline of events).

This is the same sort of thing that happens when you get rat ars*d (forgive the medical terminology). Obviously as an athlete this will not have happened to you, or many of the other readers of this forum! But take it from me that being very drunk stops you laying down new memory. This is why some of us might have experienced waking up, having succesfully found our way home, but not being able to recall where the goat that is eating one's bedroom furniture came from and why one is wearing ladies clothing! (Come on! we've all done it!?).

Less than about an hour of PTA equates to a mild head injury. About 1 hour to less than 24 hours suggests a moderate head injury and over 24 hours of PTA suggests a severe head injury (there are other factors).

If you are now well, with a full recovery and no consequences you don't need to do anything else, but if you have any ongoing or new symptoms you should seak medical attention. Obviously if you have any concerns go and see a doctor as well and if you are not sure how the event occurred (presumambly it was a skid / fall) you should get yourself checked out!

Best wishes


Mark L

Jonathan, sorry to hear about the fall. Hopefully that's the last of your problems, so see you soon.

Dan wrote:Headed out with Kevin's group on Saturday. Nine of us left the square heading out to Millington. I punctured in Stockton on Forest, Kevin waited then we tried to play catch up with the rest only meeting them at the cafe. We later found out they'd took a different route. My first visit to Millington since the extension, what a diffence it's made with much more room. We were also welcomed by who I assume was the owner.

After an enjoyable break we battled into the headwind on a direct route home via Stamford Bridge. In had the same feelings as Steph, the ride killed me or certainly the afternoon did! I arrived home just before 3:30pm with nearly 60 miles covered.

Thanks to Kevin for an interesting route and for waiting when I got a flat. Not out this coming Saturday but hopefully be out the following week. Need to improve fitness!

As Dan says the 'K' ride this weekend was a little fragmented. After Dan and Kev stopped the rest of the bunch - lead by a post-Bolivia trim, fit, Finley, went along the usual route to the hills as far as Galley Gap. At this point concerns about the ice lead us to trend right, below the escarpment around to Bishop Wilton. At some point I must have missed, Julia 'disappeared' (to rendezvue later at the cafe) and then Fin p****tured. As it was cold he suggested the rest of the group keep moving and that he and Jenny would catch up later. Thus it was that only 5 riders remained of the team that had set out! Ascending to Givendale the ice-covered hill lead to a solitary faller - before we descended to Millington.

Julia was already warming herself by the fire and the Kevin/Dan contingent arrived shortly after we'd ordered food but Fin and Jenny must have thought of an alternative halt and tracked back - trust they got home without further problems!

The ride home was uneventful - although a few legs seemed to be suffering from the winter lay-off Thanks to all for a pleasant run.

Managed 35 miles non stop round Castle Howard, Bulmer, Sheriff Hutton, Farlington and Strensall. A mixed bag of mud, flood, ice and a glorious sunset made up my longest ride since the beginning of November - we won't mention speed though.

Jon G - bad news on the fall front, hope all goes well now.

Mal

On saturday I woke to heavy rain and soaking roads, so decided to go into town to do some shopping instead. I was disappointed that I hadn't been a bit more patient, as the weather was lovely after it had cleared up

I managed a steady 4 hours by myself on Sunday though, my first decent ride since last autumn, even though the average speed with very low

Sorry to hear about your fall Jon, sounds pretty worrying, hope you're okay.