i learned my lesson, when it comes to staring at the front wheel and pushing thru.

I was on the local MUP and was glancing ahead every minute or so doing about 18mph. Very straight MUP about 12 feet wide and low traffic so i wasnt worried about running into anyone. Well right as i was about to take one of my peeks a turtle appeared in my view. Because i was basically looking right in-front of my tire i didnt see it till it was 6 feet away. I had very little time to react and ended up hitting its back end. I could feel my tire slide down and off its back. When the tire cam back down it was at an odd angle and the bike tried to buck me. I held on heading off toward the edge of the trail and some woods. Just managed to get myself turned before riding though the palmettos and getting myself all scraped up.

Decided after that, that paying more attention and keeping my head up might be a good thing