May 27th 2023. My skill set and Mountain biking trail conditions didn’t match.

The SES had to take me off the trails with 4 broken ribs.

I spent a week in the hospital.
Plus, I had caught Covid the day before at a work meeting with 2 colleagues who had caught it earlier in the week, but didn’t know at that stage.

My Covid symptoms didn’t show until my second day in hospital.
Now, I would not wish on anyone having the ‘spicy cough’ with broken ribs. As even the smallest cough or movement would cause more pain than I had ever experienced.

It took me 3 months to recover from this one.

This really couldn’t have come at a worse time since I was getting in shape, shedding the kilos I gained during Covid, and totally focused on getting back to my old self.

I have struggled to get that mental drive back.