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celebratory "it doesn't hurt to get dressed" selfie
The bandage on my knee is from the one noteworthy injury I sustained: I stumbled over one of the 75 million loose rocks on the trail between Bumble Bee Ranch and Gloriana Mine, and it was either "maybe sprain my ankle, ending my race" or "take it on the knee & hope for the best".
description of minor injury, blood
I got lucky! I took a banged-up knee and shin instead of a full fall or wrecked ankle. No damage to the joint, and no swelling. I walked it off for a minute, and it stopped bleeding shortly after. I washed it off in Black Canyon Creek and people stopped even noticing it. I hope I get a little scar from it. I like the idea of my body accumulating a patina from the things I'm doing with it, now that we're friends.