Good news, bad news

This entry has a combination of good news and bad news. First the good.

Our jerseys are ordered and look great! We have room for ten more riders, so get registered if you have not already. I selected a variety of jersey sizes and once your size is gone, it's gone. First registered, first served! Riders already signed up are good to go.

Our other good news is that we are up to 33 registered riders, bringing us to the bad. One of our riders, Trish Coy, was involved in a very serious cycling accident last weekend. She appeared to be doing everything right when her rear wheel was hit by a motor vehicle. Here is her response to my inquiry when I heard about it:

Well, I'm alive so I guess I fared well. 

I was on mile 28 of my 40 miles for the day on Ellsworth, 150 yards
south of Elliot in Mesa, headed south back to Queen Creek. In the bike
lane, full gear on and cruising at 20mph when a 2000 Ford Excursion
going 50 hit my back tire. As he tried to correct, he hit my head with
the mirror and needless to say...I went a flying. Somehow hit every part
of my body (raspberries everywhere) and finally landing on my face. I
was unconscious pretty much for the next 8 hours, came to for a few
seconds here and there. Remember being loaded into the helicopter and
laying in the CT machine, that's about it. They flew me to Scottsdale
Trauma and released me early Sunday morning. Now I appear to be nursing
a concussion, L4 & L5 vertebra rupture, knees are smashed, cuts
everywhere, they took glass out of my surrounding eye area, stitched it
up, teeth went thru my lower lip, nose is missing chunks of skin, road
rashed my whole face, yep... it was a good one.
Skin is healing great, me wanting to vomit 24/7 not so great. So far
I've had to see Dr's everyday so hopefully we're getting somewhere.
Thanx for dropping a line and I can use all the blessings I can get,

Please keep her in prayer, and remember to be safe in all you do. There are risks involved, and even if you take the precautions, wear appropriate safety attire, and ride safely, there is a chance this can happen. I thank the Lord she is alive, and encourage you all keep riding, but stay safe.

Blessings,

John