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Saturday December 4th: Michelle got accepted into the famed Western States 100 ultra trail race - Squaw Valley to Auburn, California - 100 miles with 18,090 feet of climbing - SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2005. www.ws100.com Sunday
December 12th:
Michelle was doing a lovely
training run from Hot Springs to Blue Jay & back with Alan Bursey, Kyle Hoeng
and Robert Baird. A very scenic 23 mile round trip route. On
the way back from Blue Jay she rolled her left ankle on a fast downhill
section. She heard it snap! Instantly the left foot collapsed
under her and she crashed bad. The entire side of her right leg got
scraped up and bloody as she fell down. Yes - she broke the left
ankle.
Alan Bursey, who is a Fireman, immediately went into his trained rescue mode and had her do everything right. Kyle helped Michelle hobble back the 2 miles to Blue Jay, while Alan & Robert raced the 10 miles back to Hot Springs to get the car and drive all the way around to pick up Michelle and Kyle. Really hustled. Alan & Robert drove into Blue Jay a mere 5 minutes after Kyle and Michelle arrived. A couple who were just packing up their Blue Jay camp site saw bloody Michelle and dropped everything to help clean her leg up with their brand new First Aid Kit. Once it was all over and Michelle was home from Emergency & now on crutches, her 4 year old daughter, Sierra was interviewing Mom in detail with all kinds of questions. Probably very educational for Sierra. No cast for 1 week while they wait for the swelling to go down. Sounds like 6 weeks with a cast before Michelle will be walking again. Physical therapist & family friend, Bob Kaehler, 3 time Olympic rowing competitor, sees no reason she will not be fully recovered and properly trained to still do the Western States 100 in June. Bob will be helping her lay out a careful recovery plan. Special thanks to Alan, Kyle and Robert. |
