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July 28, 2006
Closed for the Winter...
How to prepare your
adductor magnus and lower abdominal tendons and muscles:
1. Pre-heat your oven to 400
degrees.
2. Pole vault for two hours.
3. Long jump, in competition.
4. Ten minutes rest.
5. Run the 110 high hurdles, in
competition. (Hitting most of the hurdles is optional but
highly recommended for best results.)
6. 10 minutes rest.
7. Run the 800 meters in
competition.
8. 10 minutes rest.
9. Run the 400 meters in
competition.
10. 15 minutes rest.
11. Anchor a 4x400 meter relay.
12. Go home, stick your head in
the oven you preheated in step 1.
Following this recipe, I managed
to successfully tear my
adductor
magnus tendon, and the surrounding
muscles and tendons of the abdomen that share space with the
insertion point of the adductor. Sound lovely? It
is. It's been 6 weeks and no sign of it getting better -
in fact, some days it's worse. Officially, it's an ungodly
3-18 month recovery time. 18 months? An enterprising
woman can give birth to two full-term babies - each with a body
full of muscles, bones and tendons included - I just need to
repair a few.
To see an MRI-based re-engineered
composite image of what my tendon actually looks like
post-injury - click here.
I'll see you all in Finland for
the 2007 World Championships, maybe.
Meanwhile, I'll be hitting the
exercise bike when it's not too painful to bear, and trying
desperately to stay sane and healthy, in that order.
The Open European Double Decathlon
Championships produced a phenomenal 12616 first-place
performance out of Adrian Schürmann. You have to see his
winning 200,
400, 200 hurdle and 400 hurdle times to believe them.
(Remember, the 400 hurdles are the SIXTEENTH event.)
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