Happy Thanksgiving!

Hopefully everyone was able to enjoy the nice weather that came with this long weekend. It is great time to look upon your life and be grateful for what you have in your life and what you have accomplished. Also it is a great time to show your appreciation to all of those in your life that have helped shaped your world into what it is today. I am definitely grateful for all my friends and family that have been there to support my cycling. They put up with my long training hours, not-so late nights out and busy weekends racing and still find time to hang out with me like a normal person. Without them I would probably become a zombie with no social life. I am also grateful for my coach Jeff Kehler for helping develop my skills over the past three years. I have grown past what I thought I could personally accomplished and because of this he has helped me aim my goals even higher than I started out with. And I think my mom deserves a special shoutout because she does so, so much for me. There is probably a lot of other people that I should thank, but people might get bored reading through and I don't want to upset any one by having a list and leaving out an important person or two. If you have touched my life and helped make a difference or pushed me in anyway then you are definitely on the list of people that I am grateful to have in my life. Without you guys I would never get to improve and become a better person and athlete.

Injury update: One more person I am very grateful for is Richard Bartolo for putting up with my shitty circumstances in the states with my crash. He could easily have left me there at the hospital and told me to get my parents to get me. But he stuck around and made sure I was as good as I could be!
On that note, everything is healing pretty good. Getting some neck pain I think from increased volume and trying to hold my head up in an aggressive position. I have attached some pictures of some of the scarring. Started a regimen of bio-oil to see if it helps clear it up. Has anyone else tried it with any results?
I posted weekend-of pictures in a previous post you can compare to if you wish.

elbow marked up

two puncture spots in my shoulder (from rocks maybe?) and remnants from the road rash. 

knee with its few deep gashes all filled in

Knuckle is all filled in and finger nail is half way back!

Thanks for stopping in, and make sure you take time to appreciate what you have, and show the people close to you that you do appreciate their efforts!