pavedwave longboarding

scooterdad

So, I was out for a beautiful ten mile trail run on Sunday with some friends. It was my longest run since I injured my knee last spring and had to have knee surgery. The conditions were perfect, and I felt great. I was running along towards the end of the trail through a leaf-covered section, when my right great toe hit a hidden stump, and I did a face plant. It hurt like crazy, but I shook it off and it was cold enough that my toes were already a little numb. I finished up the run thinking I had "jammed" it pretty good and had only a sprain.

An hour later, I could hardly walk on it, and my toe was turning very colorful shades of purple/blue. An xray yesterday confirmed a toe fracture. So, the lesson to me was quite clear, skate more and run less. Of course, I won't share how times I've been launched off the front of my board after hitting rocks or sticks in the road or path in the few weeks I have been LDPing Wink

Hope to recover adequately for ultraskate. Should be healed well by then.

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

Dang! Heal up quick bro. And yes while I find LDP to be less of a beating in general than running, it also dishes out some quick justice when you least expect it. It's just a miracle my wrists and knees aren't a little more severely mangled. I know if I got some proper X-rays they'd probably see little fissures through the wrist bones.

As Elmer would say, "West and Wewaxation!"

Crake · Joined: 09 Dec 2008 Posts: 17 Location: St. Paul, MN

Ugh!
Get well soon Scooterdad!

Crake

scooterdad · Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:44 am Post subject:

Thanks for the well wishes! Today hurts a little less than yesterday. I might try a shorter session on the board by Thursday. It will certainly keep me from pushing much Very Happy