Not the ending I was hoping for…

I had hoped to have a great post to write tonight that would be all about facing your fears.  Because tonight was hill climb night in Cochrane and I’ve been worried about this for awhile.  We were riding up through Gleneagles instead of the big main hill.  That equates to about 400 ft of climbing over 2.3 mi.  My hill repeats were actually going quite well.  I finished my second repeat and turned around at the top.  I hesitated when I was going to make a left hand turn as all of a sudden a car turned onto the street that I was about to turn on.  The only problem was I was clipped in.  I tried to turn my wheel and unclip, but no dice.  Down I went.  I landed on my left hip and hand.  My left handlebar was bent from hitting the ground.  I had a couple of teammates around and they were wonderful about helping me up and making sure I was okay.  (Thank you Kelly, Jeff, Paul, and the other lady who was there that I’m blanking on right now!!)  I was a bit shaken but nothing looked overly wrong except some road rash on my palms and a skinned knee and elbow.    Doesn’t really look too serious, eh?  I also have a bit of road rash on my hip from where I landed on the ground.  I made my way back down the hill and as I went to get into my big chain ring I felt some pain in my palm, the meaty part connected to my thumb.  At the bottom of the hill Angie’s husband Ken was able to fix my wonky handlebar.  My hand was swelling up though.  One of these things is not like the other…
I rode back to my car with Kelly and Joanne.  I am going to get an x-ray tomorrow just to make sure nothing is broken in there.  So keep your fingers crossed for me that things are okay!!