Re: RC: fighting knee injury

[Dbeverly4@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/10/99 11:09:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
elsie@calweb.com writes:

<<  The result of this was having to finish 
 the second half of the ride (30 miles) at a walk/canter (the only
 two gaits I could do). I wore Karen's knee brace. It didn't help.
 The damage was already done.
  >>

Lucy -- Good post about knees.  This part cracked me up!  Are we total 
masochists or what?  I bet the average "normal" (non-endurance addicted) 
person would say "Well shoot, my knee hurts again, better quit and go home".  
Not us though, uh-uh, no way.  Whether it is a p*ssed off knee, or concussion 
and whiplash (at Malibu for me this year), we just keep on going, never 
consider pulling from the ride!  Funny thing is that we are the MAJORITY in 
this sport.  When somebody does pull, say for a severed body part or some 
other trivial injury, we look at them with pity (not for the severed body 
part, but because they were too wimpy to tough it out and finish the ride)!  
I love endurance riders!

Sylvia


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