BBunn and the earth

As I awoke from a wonderful night of sleep this morning(Saturday), thoughts of "should I go riding today or should I just stay home"... cluttered my mind. You may already know that motocross is a passion of mine but in the last year or two I have stumbled upon many other hobbies that have developed into a passion. I began to think to myself that this will be my last chance for a while to go riding so if I am gonna ride... then today is the best day. So I loaded up and took off to my favorite track. The weather was nice and most of my riding friends were there too. Every time I take a long break from riding, I am always thinking to myself... just to try and have some fun and don't be so competitive. Motocross is a very physically demanding sport. Most people think all you have to do is twist the throttle and go but it is way more than a twist of the throttle. That's only a part of it. Since I'm in no shape to be cutting hard laps, all I try to do is just do a little riding for fun. My day went as planned except for the last moto of the day. My ribs must be making fun of the ground as it is flying by because every time I crash... my ribs are the ones that take the beating. I didn't get the drive I needed going off a jump and landed a little short. Fortunately, the jumps are perfectly safe for landing short but unfortunately, my front end was pointed down a little too much and when I landed, it just got out of control and bamm... I hit the ground. It knocked me a little koo koo and knocked the breath out of me at the same time. Do I like to crash? Heck no... but those are the risk you take if you want to ride motocross... the highs you get are hard to compare. There are risk in everything you do in life. If you slipped and fell and broke your foot on the way to church, would you quit going to church? It's the same with motocross. I hear it all the time. Don't you think it's about time to put that bike away? I have had some of the best times of my life riding motocross with my friends and I wouldn't change it for nothing. I am so thankful to have a wife that understands what my passions are and in the past when I had my accidents, Shelly was there to help and she has never complained about what I enjoy doing. In fact, she is the one on the sidelines cheering me on. As for this time around I am extremely thankful that it wasn't worse than what it could've been. I am not going to the ER this time... I am just gonna ride it out. I don't know if I have bruised or cracked ribs but it's one or the other. I know what those pains feel like all to well.