kept you going," said Zilla. "My first two laps were okay on the bike," Andy Collier said, "But on the third I could feel my Achilles go and I had to stop by the side of the road for half an hour. I was throwing up, but I never thought about quitting
, as everything else went more or less smoothly.After my training was halted in January with an Achilles problem, I'd been working from the six-week RW emergency schedules, and sure enough, at about halfway I started to feel the lack of miles in my legs. The Isle
laid bare. Then the same thing happened to my left foot. At this point, with knees and Achilles aching, too, you start to think your body is telling you something, but at the same time all I was thinking was 'get to mile 25'.If you haven't grasped
problems. No lower-back, no ankle or shin splints or Achilles—the classic things you hear about. Just my left hip flexor. Do you think that’s just because of your cycling? I always had a little of the problem when I rode, but at the same time I was getting
