Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Up-date since the bike crash at Longhorn 70.3
Well, the road to recovery is not going as planned. 
I am still in a lot of pain and very tired.
I spent the week after the bike crash sleeping 9 to 10 hours a day and napping as well. This is surely not typical for me. 
Last week I started easing back into things and it certainly helped my energy level and productivity but I was experiencing a lot of pain in the hip and pelvis area. After several doctor visits and research, we were not sure if perhaps I really did suffer from stress fractures in the hips, torn cartilage around the pelvis or just really strained muscles. I put myself on bed rest for several days and still was not being relieved from peculiar pains. Sometimes I experience sharp shooting pain in the hip area and sometimes it’s an ache. The pain seems to change randomly to the inner thigh area, to the lower back/gluteal area to the hip flexor/femoral neck area. It seems like it is the illiopsoas muscle, the rectus femoris and the whole groin area that is torn, strained or ruptured.
Due to my inability to train and our quest for more information on my injuries, we had to pull out of the Ironman World Championships 70.3 that is this Saturday, November 14th. We are incredibly disappointed but still trying to keep our heads up and focusing on a brighter 2010. Thank you for all your support! We are looking forward to the Holidays and coming back stronger next season!
-Coach Kel
Posted by Coach Kelly on 11/10/09 at 10:50 AM
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