Katherine's Bi-Athalon

Usually, when you combine swimming and mountain biking you add a running event and "voila", you have a triathlon. We must have missed the running event somewhere, but my sweetie nailed the other two. :) We were riding at Walnut Creek Park in Austin along a river bed. We came to a ledge about 4 feet above the water and only about 1-2 feet wide. I dismounted and picked my bike up to walk along the edge. I got about 4 paces when I heard the sound of a bike loosing traction, followed by the sound of rock vs. pedals, followed by some incomprehensible verbal clamor. I turned my head just in time to see Katherine airborne and landing in the stream that she was riding along just seconds before. She was trying to negotiate the rather difficult rocky terrain and getting ready to follow my lead and jump off of her bike when disaster struck and she was unable to dismount the bike before it dismounted her! She's fine, so don't worry. The fall was tall enough to give me a scare when I heard the ruckus behind me, but short enough that the water was a nice soft landing for her. Here's the photos....

Part of the trail....



The offending ledge



After we fished her out of the stream...





Katherine's is the orange one!