A Minor Crash at Hall Ranch

This morning we rode Hall Ranch. I managed to make it up and down a bunch of difficult rocky sections without crashing until we were about 200 yards from the car when I fell sideways and smashed my left cheek on a rock. (Not the cheek on my face). As if my legs were bruised and battered enough I now have claw marks down my calf muscles. Check out the rattlesnake we saw crossing the trail:

That was the highlight of a pretty rough ride. However, the rough ride did not prevent me from going to the gym immediately afterward to work on lifting technique. I took so many days off last week that I wasn’t feeling much like myself. Great to be back at it.