What do you think? No, I did not crash on the bike… but I did take a silly little spill on a simple little 30 minute run going into taper. I was hauling, pace was great, and I was thinking how ready I was for my upcoming race at Boulder Peak until “SPLAT”!! A lip in the concrete jumped up and grabbed me and I was on the ground before I knew it.
Well, that was over two weeks ago when I strained my Hamstring as well as acquired a nice 5mm tear in my tendon attaching to the Ischium. After 8 days of around the clock pain killers, 9 days on crutches… I am now back into solid training hours and a lot of rehab. As athletes, there are many people we surround ourselves with to help us achieve success. So much of my success has come from support of family, friends, teammates and sponsors; my coach Melissa Mantak, my Deep Tissue Therapist, and my Physicians. Right now, I have to take my hat off to my Physical Therapist Mark Holmes, PT, DPT, CSCS, the owner of Cactus Sport and Spine http://www.cactussportandspine.com/ in the Denver Metro area.
I found Mark several years back after struggling with rehabbing a back injury for four years. He was the 8th PT I had been to and he was the one that finally got me pain free. This Hammy injury is the first acute injury I have sustained since I became a triathlete and I knew Mark would understand me as an athlete and the level I train at and be able to push me through the healing process when my body was ready and pull me back when it was not.
We have already seen some tremendous results. My ROM is super, my strength is showing progress and testing proves I’m going to be dry land running again very soon, way ahead of schedule! ;-) Mark pays attention to the details and that makes all the difference! He is amazing and I’m very grateful I have him apart of my support network. I am very optimistic that I will be ready to race Ironman 70.3 World Championships in November.
Obviously, there has been some emotion with this event. Initially, while I was expressing some frustration to a teammate, he made the comment.. “No worries, you just hit a little speed bump in your training, that’s all”. It really put things in perspective for me. I am an athlete, I coach 22 athletes, and I am a mother of three and that in itself can move life at the speed of light. This event has forced me to slow down a bit… and I’ve actually been able to enjoy some time by the pool with my daughters, creating some wonderful memories and having some good laughs… and when we are done, they want to sit on the edge of the deep water pool and watch me water run… and cheer me on. They are really the BEST.
When we hit that speed bump in the road we were not really expecting, we slow down and move forward with just a little more caution.. And I’ve decided, that is not such a bad thing . ~T
Enjoy your training. =)
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