500 pre run this weekend [Archive]

doc

05-17-2007, 08:57 AM

logistics as per conversation w/ collin this am

collin leaves tomorrow am w/ recon members eric,albert, greg

billy and crew leave tomorrow pm

corona hotel on main drag in ensenada

doc leaves el centro about 3 am,saturday, hooks up with anyone who wants to go (hi, bk) at about 5 to 6 am, arrive ensenada hopefully before 830 to 900

eric and billy will ride mikes sky ranch loop. chase by doc, ilya (YES! OFF-ROAD ACTION!). gas on return loop near mikes, logistics of who's gonna get there first to be calculated later. then follow to rm 280 (hwy 1) so probably bikes will just have to wait for us to get there.

collin albert and greg will be running st tomas towards ensenada

i haven't been told if kathy is driving or riding and i'm sure other details remain to be determined.

anyone who wants to go w/ doc, let me know (sieteseiscero) 791 0177

doc

doc

05-17-2007, 09:02 AM

"anyone who wants to go w/ doc, let me know --- 791 0177"

especially if you're good with a shovel !

go with the flo

05-17-2007, 10:09 AM

hi dad. i'm not going. just wanted to say hi

doc

05-17-2007, 10:43 AM

hi kiddo,

it'd be great if you could come but i can still manage to use a shovel if i need to! you have fun with your event this week end.

dad

RIDEitINTOtheGROUND

05-17-2007, 11:01 AM

yo pops, thanks for posting up the info. kathy is coming and she was maybe going to drive ilya's truck if we needed extra chase, but sounds like we have extra drivers so she'll probably ride with you or ilya. is anyone chasing for the beach loopers? are all 3 of those guys riding?

Chris

05-17-2007, 11:02 AM

I can't go, but Ilya is very good with a shovel. :D

RIDEitINTOtheGROUND

05-17-2007, 11:12 AM

he is indeed.

also fyi it's not good to post your entire cell number for spam scanners to find and sell to telemarketers, i edited your post a lil

doc

05-17-2007, 11:33 AM

jmelrose

05-17-2007, 11:55 AM

with authoritay :lol:

sounds like a big group, have fun

ua taco

05-17-2007, 12:51 PM

sounds like a plan!
thanks a lot for posting this up!
and yes I have a number of unfortunate experiences with a shovel...

doc

05-17-2007, 05:46 PM

Unfortunately, when collin and i were on the phone the plan seemed good, but this afternoon,upon detailed consideration and after doing a little math, it became obvious that the bikes would be running out of gas. one option would be to have the riders carry extra....not optimally safe in my mind, and then when you do the math it probably would require two gallons, not just one...just not the way to go. Then later, during a visit with chip at threat racing he pointed out that if all of our support was from the east and there was any need to give support to the riders in the soutwest section of the course, response time was likely to approach the ten hour mark, considering distances and terrain; not good.

soooooooo......Ilya, i think you and Kathy will need to take Billy to the start, race mile 122, and i'll need to be in the southwest at the san telmo road going toward race mile 186. You would also need to bring gas to where they get near trinidad before they turn west, about rm 149 or 150 as i recall. these are essentially the same pit stops that will be in the race.

i'm sure you'll find some way to have fun without my company, just remember, i don't recall that Kathy is shovel certified yet.

ua taco

05-17-2007, 08:23 PM

this sounds fine too, doc!

I looked at the map and your thinking makes sense. I still have a bunch of detail questions but I am sure I'll get them all answered tommorrow by Billy and others.

see you in Baja! :)

ua taco

05-20-2007, 06:11 PM

we are back and unfortunately Billy will not be racing this baja 500 due to a broken fibula (the smaller of the two main bones below knee) and possibly some more damage in the knee area, but there is always another baja. I'll let Billy fill in the details of the story...
some pics of the damage:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c320/ua_taco/baja%20500%20prerun%202007/DSC01893.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c320/ua_taco/baja%20500%20prerun%202007/DSC01894.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c320/ua_taco/baja%20500%20prerun%202007/DSC01895.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c320/ua_taco/baja%20500%20prerun%202007/DSC01898.jpg
get better man!!!

Chris

05-20-2007, 07:22 PM

Scheisse man, it's all because I said "break a leg" before you left for Mexico :'(

Heal up quick

masta-t

05-20-2007, 07:45 PM

brian

05-21-2007, 08:41 AM

bummer dude. hope this doesn't keep you down too long.

jmelrose

05-21-2007, 12:24 PM

super lame man, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your knee. Take some of them pills and enjoy your R&R

bomber

05-21-2007, 01:44 PM

Boy that's crappy, like Jesse said I hope that the knee is ok. You'll be back on your feet in no time.

RIDEitINTOtheGROUND

05-21-2007, 02:06 PM

Scheisse man, it's all because I said "break a leg" before you left for Mexico :'(

way to go chris. Damn dude, thats some crazy shiznit. Looks like Kathey finds herself taking care of your leg once again ;) Get better soon man. In the mean time, time to build a prerunner :D

yep chris it's all your fault!!

12:03 PM Chris: you exciting about this weekend?
don't crash and jack something
12:04 PM or is that bad luck, should I say "break a leg"
me: lol no u were good the first time
hells ya im excited

ya so my knee got stretched pretty good as i came off the bike, it snagged on the bars and i felt it get funky. not sure if that can break it the way it is or if it was from the impact after, still have to see ortho to get further look at the much more critical tissue status

the results of that will determine how soon i'm building a truck, or maybe a buggy.. hmmm

I'm shooting for no further problems with the tissues and a quickie 6week bone recovery so i can finish the d38 season

wheels619

05-21-2007, 04:27 PM

ouch.. there'll always be another baja for you to race. you can still ride the scooter :)

Captain

05-21-2007, 05:22 PM

Hey Billy,
Paul called me and told me about what happened to you this past weekend. So sorry to hear the news. I'm sure you were looking forward to the 500, but there will be another day.
Everyone here at Roadrunners wish our brother a complete and speedy recovery. If you need anything at all let one of us know.

Very best regards

RIDEitINTOtheGROUND

05-23-2007, 10:20 AM

Thanks doods, I know whatever state of cripple we may be in (jesse) we'll still be havin lots of fun rideclub style

Kirk! welcome to RCSD! Thanks for all the concern, word gets around quick in the D38/Roadrunners family! I definitely consider myself very lucky to have so many folks lookin out for me, I hear from immediate family, Rideclubbers, the Sysco crew, and D38 bros every day making sure that I'm alright. nurse Kathy is doing a tremendous job helping me
not stress out the injury and keep it elevated 90% of the time. hellooooooo nurse.

D38 thread if anyone is curious http://amad38.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?p=3765#3765

Ortho followup: Dr. Schwartz tells me that my fibula broke due to a twisting action where essentially the tendon attached to the end of the bone snapped the tip of the bone off. Preliminary leg jiggling shows some loosness in the ACL/PCL type directions, but no conclusions will be made till we see an MRI. I have officially experienced a "knee dislocation"

jmelrose

05-23-2007, 10:47 AM

Is his schwartz bigger than yours? :lol:

nasty on the dislocation bit, but hopefully the tendons will snug back up as the bone heals

bomber

05-23-2007, 10:52 AM

Knee dislocations and elbow dislocations are dangerous bc if those do not get put back in in a timely manner, you lose circulation to the distal end of those appendages and if that is not corrected then it's amputation time! Did your knee experienc a subluxation then? Also, are you on cruches or in a wheeliechair?

Damn u Melrose, u post sniper!

RIDEitINTOtheGROUND

05-23-2007, 11:52 AM

where's tomas?... sniper in the bushes...

ya the doctor told me about the circulation/subluxation (is that just for spinal?) nerve risks but i did not have any o dat. first check after every crash is can i wiggle my toes/fingers, and i still have full control/mobility/feeling in my foot. i'm pretty sure that i was 'relocated' by the time i hit the ground, or the ground is what smushed it back in there.

go with the flo

05-23-2007, 01:04 PM

eeew. sounds pleasant : ) glad you're doing well b. if there is no need for surgery, what do you think the heal time will be?

bomber

05-23-2007, 01:23 PM

I am not sure on the spinal thing with subluxing, only because I was taught that term in sports med. and it applied to any joint. But when I looked it up right now it said "partial dislocation" and then another line said in reference to vertebrae.

U in a wheel chair or on crutches?

Jus300MXC

05-23-2007, 01:30 PM

I haven't seen a post telling us the whole story behind the injury. Under what circumstances did this accident happen. Did you hit a rock or maybe swap your back end around? How fast were you going? Something caused you to get thrown off, give us details.

Have fun with the MRI. I had one on my knee, football injury, it's incredibly boring. In fact I began to fall asleep towards the end. Fortunately I only ended up with a slightly torn meniscus and bruised bone marrow.

Get well soon, and make sure to get a temporary handicapped placard if you can. Might as well get something good out of this.

masta-t

05-23-2007, 01:39 PM

................Something caused you to get thrown off, give us details.

ran out of talent. :D

jk

brian

05-23-2007, 01:39 PM

Allow me to fill in some blanks...

What happend: I ran outa talent and suspension at the same time. I could have been riding more conservatively, I can't blame the bike, I'm not a noob, and I've had lots of time on the ol' 650. There was a large G-out mid-whoop pack at one of the forks in the road, whoops were goin fine but after that G my rythm was all off and the bike started tacking. I went in to a pretty standard tank-slapper ejection, but was unfortunate enough to have my left foot catch the bars on the way off as the bike was on the way down. Most of the wrenching came from that, there may have been more when I hit the dirt but I'm not sure. Some quad guys picked up the bike for me and Eric from Recon escorted me back towards the truck. It was good to have radio coms for when I got back in range with Ilya and Kathy, takes a lot of the guess work out of it!

aka...i was too busy thinking about how badass my mufflerless exhaust sounds. ;D

mrandychen

05-23-2007, 01:50 PM

o snap...=(

get better fast. let me know if you need anything.

RIDEitINTOtheGROUND

05-23-2007, 03:24 PM

U in a wheel chair or on crutches?

crutches.

and ya bk, thats all i could think about lol thanks for posting up the story

go with the flo

05-23-2007, 03:29 PM

i actually like mri's. they're not too bad. i've had plenty.

RIDEitINTOtheGROUND

05-23-2007, 04:43 PM

o snap...=(

get better fast. let me know if you need anything.

thats probably the sound it made, i couldnt hear it tho ;) thanks andy

mrandychen

05-23-2007, 05:10 PM

i actually like mri's. they're not too bad. i've had plenty.

any excuse to sleep is a good thing to Mr. Chen

jmelrose

05-23-2007, 05:50 PM

I am not going into another CT scan tube unless I get a heavy dose of valium ...f those things

RIDEitINTOtheGROUND

05-23-2007, 10:10 PM

hopefully i dont have the 15 min hyperventillate session like you did, given i dont breath thru my knee..

some eye candy:

http://www.rideclubsd.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1908&g2_serialNumber=1&g2_GALLERYSID=7b0f067d17a4554e03b8663e3859cc5f

i added the little measure thing with the program that came on the cd, not sure how accurate

http://www.rideclubsd.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1913&g2_serialNumber=1&g2_GALLERYSID=7b0f067d17a4554e03b8663e3859cc5f

http://www.rideclubsd.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1917&g2_serialNumber=3&g2_GALLERYSID=1c398fa4ff4db0181821ce7c96073c0c

RIDEitINTOtheGROUND

05-23-2007, 10:21 PM

latest episode of 'pimp my kneebrace'

http://www.rideclubsd.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1920&g2_serialNumber=1&g2_GALLERYSID=7b0f067d17a4554e03b8663e3859cc5f

got my skindows tintid

http://www.rideclubsd.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1922&g2_serialNumber=1&g2_GALLERYSID=7b0f067d17a4554e03b8663e3859cc5f

desertsurfkitty

05-24-2007, 08:05 AM

I'll pray for a speedy recovery. I'm sure you'll be racing around like crazy in no time. =)

go with the flo

05-24-2007, 02:05 PM

holy moly! it suuuure bruised nicely : ) just like a ripe plum

Chris

05-24-2007, 02:05 PM

Pretty schveet

6wheels

05-29-2007, 08:19 AM

Think of "degradation is ubiquitous" :D

Im pretty sure there wont be any problems as long as you take it easy for a while. You sure have an execellent nurse there.

I broke that bone on the other end from playing on the beach ... but I scored titanium for that, sucker 8) !

Anyways, get better soon!

(PS That post about my avatar in the other thread worried me a little that something is wrong, glad I found out what ...)