I was leading at the start, but got my front wheel taken out by a young guy on an e-bike, who suddenly cut across my path. No blame — these things can happen when you mix experienced and novice riders, especially when they are on powerful e-bikes. You will note the instinctive tuck as I hit the ground, preventing contact with the tarmac by head or collarbone. Still, it took me three weeks to heal from the damage. I practice forward and side-rolls on grassy fields now and then when out for a run. By the way, despite ending up a distant last, and hurting, I won. This is an example of resilience in action. Sport is a great metaphor for what life throws our way. I had two choices upon crashing — crying foul and giving up and getting lots of sympathy, or sucking it up and getting on with the race. The first option never occurred to me.

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