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Well, sadly I may not be able to take my Mammoth snowboard trip on Feb. 7 as planned.  Yesterday I was dashing all over Los Angeles taking part in the High Trek Adventure race.  It’s basically a localized version of The Amazing Race - you answer clues that take you to various locations around LA.  You have to take a photo of yourselves at each location and the fastest team to complete and take pics of all the clues, wins.

The race took us all over Hollywood and into Downtown LA as we located clues such as Boris Karloff’s star on the Walk of Fame and Beethoven’s statue in Pershing Square.

Unfortunately about 2 hours into the race, we had just leaped onto a bus to high-tail it to Toyota of Hollywood to document our next clue… and when I leaped OFF the bus, I heard a pop and my right calf immediately went into a painful spasm.  I couldn’t walk on it at all. I knew that I probably tore it, have a massive strain, (or there was just a severe cramp because we were stopping and starting running and dashing around with lots of sitting inbetween as we rode subways etc.) and had to bow out at that point, taking a taxi back to the finish point while my team completed the remaining clues.

So now I’m on crutches and doing the RICE thing while taking 800mg doses of ibuprofen.  I have had this same injury before, about 3 years ago but in my left calf.  I had to do a month or so of rehab/PT but I was back on the snowboard good as new 7 weeks later.  I hope this time I don’t take that long to heal - I really want to hit up Mammoth again on Feb. 7 which is less than two weeks away!   For now I will see how I feel tomorrow and decide if I should go to a doctor and start PT again.  Send me good karma and wellness wishes meanwhile! 

p.s. we came in about 40th place in the fleet of about 80 teams… dang… but it was fun!