It was nothing major. I crashed on the descent, although it was weird crashing a mile before it happened. I wasn't too happy with that.

That's a little weird to me. Why would you be taking photos if nothing happened? Were they being taken to set up a defense?

Going back, and thinking about all that happened, it's hard to believe I came out the other side strong and healthy and still racing. I'm just happy to be racing.

I was really anemic. We still haven't figured out what happened, but as I started training harder and breathing more heavily and intensely, scar tissue started cutting my lungs and I started bleeding inside. I kept racing so it never healed. I have been working on with a breathing machine the past six months to strengthen my lungs.

I still don't think it happened. It's a big shock even now. Going from the best shape of my life to not even being able to walk was really strange. It took forever to get used to, and it still hasn't even set in.

To get to U.S. 178, you've got to take an 8-mile detour. If you can cut a 10-mile trip down to a 4-mile trip, it's less expensive, but if they need it [the construction], they need it.