Just stumbled on this. I live just down the mountain from you and transitioned from mountain bike racing to running in the last year after 25 years of racing bikes.
I was also training for the Antelope Island 50k and had to do my last long run on the road after that snowstorm — ran from my place to Tibble and back, and my knee’s been messed up with IT band issues ever since. Had an MRI yesterday and I’m looking at 6-8 weeks of no running. Mentally it’s been hard to get motivated as I feel my fitness slipping away. Your post was inspiring and it’s motivating me to dig back into biking since it doesn’t hurt — figure I’ll recover and be ready for summer events.
Wishing you a speedy recovery and excited to see how your season progresses.
Some or the other time an athlete has to face this thing INJURY like the person who earns inevitably has to pay taxes. I know it is way easier said than done but brother I myself have been running since June of 2020 and totally understand how much it sucks not being able to run and the kind of emotional & mental toll it takes but hope it gets better. Hope your system is keeping you afloat as it does.
I don't know if you read or listened to the audiobook of Hillary Allen's Out & Back.
It was quite a treacherous road for her to recover from the fall in Tromso. She had to go to market on scooter and had to rely on other people for months on end, her mother was a huge support system for her at that time. Sometimes these kind of lets you be with your loved ones and enjoy, as other times we are tunnel vision focused on training, nutrition, sleeping, travelling for races and then recovering, then again training, sometimes crewing for other people. It gives you sometime to detach from the sport and lets you view your life from distance. I know this will be tough for you but you got this Caleb brother and you will be back with a bang.
She again is on crutches as she has shared on her IG account and I am not able to fathom how many times she has gone through injuries, surgeries and still she keeps showing up with unwavering belief.
Just stumbled on this. I live just down the mountain from you and transitioned from mountain bike racing to running in the last year after 25 years of racing bikes.
I was also training for the Antelope Island 50k and had to do my last long run on the road after that snowstorm — ran from my place to Tibble and back, and my knee’s been messed up with IT band issues ever since. Had an MRI yesterday and I’m looking at 6-8 weeks of no running. Mentally it’s been hard to get motivated as I feel my fitness slipping away. Your post was inspiring and it’s motivating me to dig back into biking since it doesn’t hurt — figure I’ll recover and be ready for summer events.
Wishing you a speedy recovery and excited to see how your season progresses.
Thanks! I'm sure you're all over it but lateral resistance band exercises have saved my ITs if you haven't tried that yet. Good luck!
Some or the other time an athlete has to face this thing INJURY like the person who earns inevitably has to pay taxes. I know it is way easier said than done but brother I myself have been running since June of 2020 and totally understand how much it sucks not being able to run and the kind of emotional & mental toll it takes but hope it gets better. Hope your system is keeping you afloat as it does.
I don't know if you read or listened to the audiobook of Hillary Allen's Out & Back.
It was quite a treacherous road for her to recover from the fall in Tromso. She had to go to market on scooter and had to rely on other people for months on end, her mother was a huge support system for her at that time. Sometimes these kind of lets you be with your loved ones and enjoy, as other times we are tunnel vision focused on training, nutrition, sleeping, travelling for races and then recovering, then again training, sometimes crewing for other people. It gives you sometime to detach from the sport and lets you view your life from distance. I know this will be tough for you but you got this Caleb brother and you will be back with a bang.
She again is on crutches as she has shared on her IG account and I am not able to fathom how many times she has gone through injuries, surgeries and still she keeps showing up with unwavering belief.