In my time, I've been praised as a "tough" rider. I won't deny it: I've ridden long and hard in all manner of conditions and across all sorts of terrain. I've cycled when I was ready to fall asleep and even in altered states of consciousness. (You can ask. I might not answer!) . And, yes, I've pedaled in, and through pain.
When it comes to riding my bike with infirmity and discomfort, though, I have nothing on a fellow in South Nashville, Tennessee.
Just after midnight this morning, police officers responded to a "shots fired" call on Lafayette Street. There, they found a man struggling to ride a bicycle before he collapsed in the street.
Turns out, he had a gunshot wound in his leg. Officers believe he got it somewhere near a barber shop in the neighborhood.
Officers took him to Vanderbilt University Hospital, where it was determined that his injuries were not life-threatening.
That's what I used to tell my old training partners and riding buddies on those rare occasions when I got hurt: "It's non-life-threatening." And I would keep on going.
Now, whether I was tough or just stupid is a fair question. Either way, I had nothing on that guy in South Nashville.
When it comes to riding my bike with infirmity and discomfort, though, I have nothing on a fellow in South Nashville, Tennessee.
Just after midnight this morning, police officers responded to a "shots fired" call on Lafayette Street. There, they found a man struggling to ride a bicycle before he collapsed in the street.
Turns out, he had a gunshot wound in his leg. Officers believe he got it somewhere near a barber shop in the neighborhood.
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Officers took him to Vanderbilt University Hospital, where it was determined that his injuries were not life-threatening.
That's what I used to tell my old training partners and riding buddies on those rare occasions when I got hurt: "It's non-life-threatening." And I would keep on going.
Now, whether I was tough or just stupid is a fair question. Either way, I had nothing on that guy in South Nashville.
