Fitness
Sailing fitness - part three
Nearly four months has passed since I broke my elbow. The actual bone was appropriately named Radial head. The nurse said I did a really good job of it (breaking the thickest part of the thickest bone in the forearm) but that was not really much comfort at the time! I wonder if the slow rate of recovery is related to the fact I tried to get through the pain and doing a full day’s coaching before I realised how just how bad the injury was (after all when I first started 49er sailing I seemed to be...
Sailing fitness - part two
Well it is now over two months since I broke my arm falling off my bike. The main reason for my getting a bike was so that I did not have to spend so much time on a stationary bike at the gym which is exactly what I have been doing recently. Despite a painful and expensive accident I really am very keen to get back on the bike and I hope to do so in the near future.
Sailing fitness - part one
At the time of writing I am waiting to see the fracture clinic to learn how long I am going to have to spend out of action and whether conservative treatment (not resorting to surgery) will be sufficient... fingers crossed I won’t need surgery.
