frustrations…
Today as I was out on my daily 2hr spin around the country side (as that seems to be my limit these days) I started to think about my problem and how I’ve probably sounded more upbeat on here than the actual reality of it.
Including the time spent on the couch after my crash in January, I have now been in France for four months without having really done what I’m here to do. For a pro cyclist that sux!
So this is what I’m dealing with…….. a trapped nerve (though not the final diagnosis, but if so where?) that gives me a tearing sensation down my left leg when I begin to pedal hard, and if I continue I can tear the muscles down the back of my leg.
I would like to say a big thanks to all those people who have been helping me thus far. Firstly Victor Popov, Australian physio/osteo/guru has been often a well needed ray of light. Brad McGee, mate/gb/and could be a physio himself, helps keep me headed in the right direction. Mattieu Nizau, french physio, always there for massage and help on the ground floor. Corey Williams, manager/mate/gb keeps NZ under control for me. Malcolm Stobie (Thompsons Nutrition) a super supportive sponsor, awesome. And last but surely not least my girlfriend Sarah, as I know I’m not the brightest poppy to live with at the moment and it isn’t over yet (sorry hunny).
I have more doc visits lined up next week, and I will continue on the hunt for the solution. I would like to say that’s all I have to focus on everyday but I’d be lying. Dealing with french bureaucracy, and random occurrences (which continue to stir things up) like our latest episode when our power went out and not even an electrician could find our power box, 48hrs later to be found hidden behind a plastered over plastic panel screwed into the wall behind the couch! Gotta love France, and its non existent building code.
Ok team time for me sign off, and hopefully next time for yours, Sarah’s and my own sake I’ll be in better mood.
Cheers
Tim
hang in there tim,keep the reports coming in. I’m sure it’s only a matter of finding that special”something” to fix the body. we are right behind you. KIA KAHA.
Hey Uncle Timmy/Bro!
We’re are so gutted that things are taking so long to sort themselves out and have our fingers crossed that it gets sorted very soon.
Holly thinks you are the coolest Uncle and quite often carries her postcard and photo of you around the house giving it kisses. She also gets very excited when she sees a cyclist on the road or tv and says ‘dim dim’ with a big smile on her face.
So bro just remember you have a little fan over here who thinks you rock and when you get home at the end of the year will be racing along beside you on her bike!
Hopefully next time we talk things will be back on track for you and Sarah will have happy Tim around again!!
Anna and Holly xx
Chin up Guddy. Hope it works out for you mate!
Oh Guddy,
I am so sorry to hear you are still on the back foot with the injury. Hope the stars align soon and you make some progress with it mate.
All good here – in Pennsylvania at the moment – it is MINT here! 4 miles from Cath so have been hanging with her which has been great. Think the young guns are coming here from Belg in a while, so it will be a kiwi take over!
Anyway, chin up my buddy guddy
Love D.T