{"id":929,"date":"2009-06-14T23:27:21","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T21:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/?p=929"},"modified":"2009-06-14T23:27:21","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T21:27:21","slug":"xterra-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/index.php\/xterra-richmond\/","title":{"rendered":"XTERRA Richmond. PG 13- B&G- Blood and Gore"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The black stuff in there is rotting steel girder and James River mud. They breed us tough in Africa…<\/p>\n

3 minutes before the start<\/strong> I moved a stray swim buoy to where it should be and kicked an old, rusty steel girder<\/strong> lodged in the mud under water. The gash was huge and completely black with rusty steel slime. I hobbled to the waters edge and the athletes parted way in a “whooooa!”<\/p>\n

The race was about to start any moment and I had no idea how bad the injury was. One of the age group athletes (Kristen I think) is a doctor and came over for help. She said “those are tendons”, but they dont seems damaged as I could move my toes.<\/p>\n

I somehow thrive on hardship<\/strong> and said: “I’m racing”<\/strong> A 1st aid crew quickly put gauze over it (to keep the dirt in?) and wound Ceran wrap around it.<\/p>\n

A fellow pro yelled at me- “Race starts in 1 minute”. Fortunately there wasnt any time to think- the gun went and within a few minutes minutes so did the ceran wrap. Thats when it started hurting. Skin flapping around and I could visualize the flithy funk of the James River in flood irrigating the rusty steel girder out of the wound. I didnt care about keeping up or reading the tricky currents- I just flailed arms and tried to keep my left foot still.<\/p>\n

I came out the swim in 4th and Cal from XTERRA yelled: “there is a doctor waiting by your bike!”<\/strong> When I got to my bike I sat down and Dr Matt Marchal (a volunteer doctor at this event every year)\u00a0 washed the wound with hydro peroxide and wrapped it in crepe tape while I put on my helmet and gloves.\u00a0 It couldnt have taken more than 30 seconds- not quite a F1 pit stop, but I left transition still in 4th!<\/p>\n

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Photo by Riccardo and Marco. Grazi!<\/p>\n

Fortunately my form is ON and I just jammed down the Watts, catching\u00a0 Dan Hugo<\/a> and then leader Craig Evans<\/a> just before the end of the 1st single track.<\/p>\n

More fast open road and I was determined not to take any passengers on the bus- managed to ride Dan and Craig off my wheel before we got to the technical parts. This XTERRA Richmond course is my favourite- its downtown, its fast, most of it is quite technical and spectators everywhere.<\/p>\n

The foot didnt hurt and didnt bleed on the bike, but it DID bleed on the run!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The AVIA Avi STOLTZ looks even better blood soaked. Maybe we should design the 2010 model with blood built in…<\/p>\n

I had an ok lead\u00a0 on the run- ie – couldnt see anyone behind me on the straights, but when I started feeling tired I couldnt help wondering if it was fatique or loss of blood…<\/p>\n

I won my 4th XTERRA Richmond Champs- Josiah Middaugh was 2nd, Nico Lebrun a close 3rd, then Mike Vine and Dan Hugo held onto 5th.<\/p>\n

Melanie McQuaid extended her winning steak to 5 in a row, ever smiling Shonny Vanlandingham got 2nd and Danelle kabush 3rd.<\/p>\n

As soon as I crossed the line Dr Matt got hold of me propely and worked that wound good and proper- have to be ready for XTERRA Arkansas in 5 days viagra kopen online<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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Dr Matt picking out the bits and pieces before trimming the edges at the finish.<\/p>\n

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Doc says: “If its gets red or puffy- call me. No swimming, keep moving it and running and biking is ok”<\/p>\n

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Thanks a lot to Carol Hart from Balega <\/a>who took these gruesome pictures and twittered (BalegaGirl) so my mom wouldnt panic too much…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The black stuff in there is rotting steel girder and James River mud. They breed us tough in Africa… 3 minutes before the start I moved a stray swim buoy to where it should be and kicked an old, rusty steel girder lodged in the mud under water. The gash was huge and completely black […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[91,92],"tags":[226,1744,324,1749,1754,394,406,597,1787,995,1224,1269,1836,1297],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n