Oh deer.

I shouldn't find this funny, but I may have chuckled a bit.

Hopefully the insurance company doesn't try to pass the buck.

#dadjokes

I heard the deer was drafting anyway...

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@floathammerholdon | @partners_in_tri

think it was more a case of deer jumping into the triathlete than the triathlete riding into the deer (any proof in the pic it's a stag? :) )

plus, the triathlete got back on his bike and finished top 30 overall, which is a fair achievement

This almost happened to me last week! Deer was standing by the side of the road. Wary but not reacting to cars and people walking. Then I showed up on a bike and it positively freaked out (why is that? other animals do this too.) and the deer did the hop-hop out of danger maneuver. A few feet in another direction and it would have hit me.

Week before that was a large bunny. Almost caught the front wheel.

Got hit by a bird in a race yesterday, does that count?

Sorry, I had no idea...

answering my own question, i'm guessing the antlers would suggest it's a stag

I have started commuting by bike once a week. About 15 miles of the commute is on a rail trail between towns in the dark. I ride with a headlight, but the trail is closed in with trees, so I don't get much light peripherally . Deer and rabbits are a big danger. There are some mornings when I see a couple dozen of each. I was worried about riding in traffic in the dark before I actually started the commute, but those spazzy animals are terrifying.

Reading the story does make me sad that I never had time to run in Phoenix Park when I was in Dublin, though.

Reminded me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/...Z8uCeyUl_9U&t=22

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