photo affichée sur facebook par Henri Do le 4 juin
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I’ve been feverish since I arrived in Astoria last Thursday, suffering from sweats, chills, confusion, all the shit you don’t want before a big race that crosses the United States. I believed I would bounce back and started the race anyway despite my condition.
To make it worse, as it was beyond slippery due to pouring rain, I crashed 2 miles into the start on a metal bridge in Astoria, banged on my pedals (no longer clips), bent my derailleur hanger (my shifting is off), damaged my right shifter (cracked the brake lever) and my aerobars and handlebars rotated (lost and broke my TT shifter in the process).
It was a violent crash not even minutes into the start of such a long journey.
Despite all that, I still managed to climb back up the top against a massive headwind and foul weather, and at one point had a 80 miles lead which I kept on widening and maintained for a little while.
However… the more I put myself in the red to try to stay ahead of the pack, the less I actually recover from my virus. My breathing has been extremely heavy and I’ve been having a really hard time taking in the calories I need to sustain the efforts I’m putting out.
I figured… if I was capable of pulling off what I did on day 1 and 2 in my current subpar physical condition, taking the necessary time off to get over whatever I have would allow my to come back even stronger. This illness isn’t going to disappear if I keep on putting myself in the red day after day and this is just a temporary setback.
The race is still young, I’m willingly giving up my lead so I can come back 10 times stronger. »
Henri Do, facebook, 4 juin, vers midi 20 (heure du Québec)
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