Muddy Buddy Blues

I was soooooooo jazzed after the race! I went straight back to bootcamp and was ready to hit the road running again.

I was sore all over, but having never run a race of that magnitude before I thought it was all just normal. After only a week of bootcamp I had torn my groin and was fully limping around the office. Ice...heat...rest...tylenol. I did the regiment and in a month I tried to return again. I lasted 3 days before I tore my groin again (or as Emma likes to call it "I ripped my crotch").

It was time to visit the doctor. After 2 visits I was referred to an orthopedic because they believed it might be something more serious than a muscle tear. An X-ray revealed what looked to be a hairline fracture on my tibula right in the ball of the hip joint. The doctor was worried that if it hadn't healed the bone would collapse. Since after 2 months I was still limping he advised no more running until after an MRI.

Two doctor's visits later I checked out okay! What they thought was a fracture was actually an old growth line. Jeez...all that for a silly old growth line?!? Always better safe than sorry though.