Originally Posted by
gsteinb
Well, for what it's worth I haven't really trained outdoors regularly for at least a decade. And 15 years? I wish.
So when I raced...(early 80s)
I lived 40 miles from work. I'd ride M,W,F pretty fast (no Strava to prove anything). In 6 years of this I had 4 car incidents (collision/blood). One was all my fault.
I was riding the OC Coast Hwy, via Newport Beach, up Harbor Blvd and too stupid to know I could die. But I didn't. It was actually a big adrenaline rush, and I had almost monthly non-incidental contact with a car (cut off, bump). I was single. I am fortunate not to have any permanent damage from that. It was a race crash that that made be quit racing (vs my carrier) ,
My son - I sent him South. Still higher risk than I would have liked, but a fraction of what I dealt with. These days, it seems worse. I just may be less stupid (not a BF troll comment).