jump over the front wheel and clear me, but ended up coming right over the handlebars, knocking the handlebars back and hitting me right square in the chest as the bike goes down. bike goes one way, deer goes one way, i go the other. you hear your own gear clacking around, hitting the ground. everything s just happening superfast. childers pulls himself up to assess the damage. by the time i looked, i m standing and grabbing the bike, i turn over, look over my shoulder and the deer is already gone. it took off into the woods. so it seemed like it was okay. i was feeling around, make sure, just no real pain, nothing s broken for sure. then i m thinking about there s a rider coming behind me and going to be coming around that corner just as fast and i want to be out of his way so i don t get hurt and he doesn t get hurt. i know race is close at this point. i hop on the bike which it still runs and brakes and levers all work, so bike s, you know, good enough to get me that last
the front wheel and clear but it ended up over the handle bars, knocking the handle bars back and hitting me square in the chest. you hear the the bike go sliding and grinding. you hear your own gear clacking around hitting the ground. everything s just happening super fast. childers pulls himself up to assess the damage. by the time i look and grabbing the bike i look over my shoulder and the deer s gone. took off in the woods, so seemed like it was okay. i was feeling around to make sure just no real pain, nothing s broken for sure. then i m thinking about there s a rider coming behind me and he is going to come around that corner just as fast. i want to be out of his way so i don t get hurt and he doesn t get hurt. i know that the race is close still and then i hop on the bike which is still running amend brakes and levers all work so the bike s good enough to get me that last quarter mile, half
knocking the handlebars back and hitting me right square in the chest as the bike goes down. bike goes one way, deer goes one way, i go the other. you hear your own gear clacking around, hitting the ground. everything s just happening superfast. childers pulls himself up to assess the damage. by the time i looked, i m standing and grabbing the bike, i turn over, look over my shoulder and the deer is already gone. it took off into the woods. so it seemed like it was okay. i was feeling around, make sure, just no real pain, nothing s broken for sure. then i m thinking about there s a rider coming behind me and going to be coming around that corner just as fast and i want to be out of his way so i don t get hurt and he doesn t get hurt. i know race is close at this point. i hop on the bike which it still running. and brakes and levers all work, so bike s, you know, good enough to get me that last quarter mile, half mile to the finish.
clear me. he ended up knocking the handlebars back and hit me square in the chest. the bike goes one way the another, the bike another, you hear the bike zbriend i grinding across the pavement. you hear your gear clacking around. everything is happening superfast. childers pulls himself up to assess the damage. by the time i was up, standing and grabbing the bike, i turned to look over my shoulder the deer is already gone, took off into the woods. it team e seemed like it was okay. i was feeling around, making sure, no real pain, nothing is broken for sure. then i m thinking about there is a rider coming behind me. he will be coming around that corner just as fast. i want to be out of his way so i don t get hurt, he doesn t get hurt. i can hop on the bike, which is still running and brakes and levers all works. the bike is good enough to get me that last quarter mile
i assumed i could get past it, so i just keep on throttling. what i didn t see was the one that was right behind that one. as childers gets closer, the second deer comes into focus. but it s already too late. there s a minute of panic. then you re just bracing for impact. everything tightens up and you re waiting for the hit. you just don t expect that. you don t know what it s going to be like. we just collided dead-on. childers and the more than 100-pound deer smash into each other. a nearby photographer captures the scene. it s like getting tackled by a huge person running at you at 50 miles per hour. the smallest thing feels huge at that speed. you can actually see it try to jump over the front wheel and clear me, but ended up coming right over the handlebars, knocking the handlebars back and hitting me right square in the chest as the bike goes down. bike goes one way, deer goes one way, i go the other. you hear your own gear clacking around, hitting the ground. everything