Longest marathon recovery ever!

Hang in there Joel.  You've got support and encouragement here, and you also have a great partner with you.  Good luck in your recovery, hope to see you at Timberman if you can make it!

Glad to hear you're home Joel.

Nice to see you are home and on the road to a great season of coaching, volunteering, reading, recovering, and becoming even more of an amazing all-around athlete than before!

I'm sure you probably already subscribe to all the mags, but if you don't, I've got lots of back issues of Runner's World, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Bicycling that I'd be happy to send you for your reading enjoyment.

Glad to hear you're home safe and sound.  When I read about the accident, I looked down, and there on my desk was the printout of your diet philosophy.  I've never met you, but you've definitely impacted my just-beginning tri career.  Maybe you can use the next 4-6 months compiling your ideas into a training and recovery manual.  I'm sure there are tons of people who'd be willing to part with some of their money to have handy access to your thoughts.  Can you say "e-book"?   

Awesome winning attitude!

As for the crutches, it could have been worse - wood ones! And custom geometry carbon ones take too long to make, your bones would have had their 6 weeks to heal before they'd be delivered!

Kate's been too much of a stranger around here lately - tell her she can't come on to deliver bad news then disappear again....

Attaboy!  They say that triathlons are 90% mental ... well judging by your attitude regarding the accident, I'd say you have that covered.

Think volunteering for local races is a great idea.  You might want to check into your local Team in Training organization to see if they need a running or cycling coach/assistant coach.  You get to add that to your coaching resume, garner the experience of herding cats dealing with a multitude of different people with different levels of fitness and exposure to a bunch of TNT graduates that may or may not be in need of continued coaching ... all the while supporting a great cause.

Good luck and Godspeed with the recovery.

Hey Joel,

I hope the recovery goes well and that you're able to race again in the fall.  You know that most of us are thinking that right now would be our only hope of taking you in a 10k. 

Ernie 

I did a semester of college on crutches.  I recommend that you get the kind that have a cuff around the forearm.  The conventional kind that come up under your armpit rub too much if you do much walking.  The forearm type are also much easier and safer for going up and down stairs. 

Really take it easy until the bones are set.   You want that hip socket to heal back really round and smooth.

See you around.

TW

That is a long marathon recovery.  WUSS!!!  Suck it up Buttercup.   Oh wait, that was SUCK UP SOME BEERS!!!!!

Feel free to use my friends line when he was going through chemotherapy 6 years ago (at age 28).......

"IT'S NOT OVER TILL I WIN!!!"   

I'm sure he won't mind someone else using it.

Oh yeah, HE WON!!!!!

You are very inspiring Here's to a speedy recovery!

All the best,
Amanda 

Glad to have you back Joel and we're glad you're alive.  As bad as the crash was it could have been worse and we're glad you survived to fight another day.

Keep us posted on your recovery.  Let us know if there is ANYTHING we can do for you.