Hard Man!

How tough is this guy? A crash on the track and an 8 inch bit of wood through his calf didnt stop him. He got back on his bike and apparently claimed the bronze medal. Not a bad effort. Hope he doesn't take up triathlon...

Slow Process!

Well as you can tell by the blog updates, not much has been happening the last couple of weeks. My running was stopped by the physio's reccomendation so I headed back into work for a week and a half on the tools.
Although I could still swim and ride I gathered now was a good time to bank some coin before the upcoming trip to Thailand then Europe. Working a six day, 63 hour week was certainly a shock to the system but was interesting at the same time.
Now I am back to training and heading over to Adelaide on Sunday for a week before the trip up to Thailand once more for our team camp where we will pick up all our new gear for 2011 season. I'm pretty excited about this but its going to be a long stint away from home finishing on the 24th of April after a race in Thailand.
The knee is slowly coming around now, with lots of exercises and physio I am aiming to be able to run again by the start of March. During the week I had some more scans and doctors appointments which showed the blood clots had cleared from my calf and I was able to finish with the medication that I was on. Now I just need to get the ligaments right and all should be fine.

Aaron.

Australia day

Tyler in his Australia day kit. What a poser!

 

One of our first real summer days yesterday marked Australia day 2011. We celebrated with some of Danielles mothers group friends in typical Aussie style. BBQ and beers by the pool followed by the cricket.

Take 2

The new look TBB squad is having its annual pre season camp starting in a few weeks back in Krabi (Thailand) before we all head to Europe for the majority of our race season starting in late May.
Hopefully this trip will be a bit more of a success than my last trip up that way and get me back into some sort of race shape.
At the camp we get fitted out with all our new kit and equipment from the team sponsors including our new bikes from Cervelo so I'm looking forward to that.
If all goes really well and I can twist Sutto's arm enough I might still have a chance of racing in Singapore 70.3 mid March and a couple of smaller races around Oz after that.
Its been hard to get back into training again the past few weeks, after losing so much fittness. Mentally my brain thinks its training as normal but physiaclly I just carn't do what I could nine weeks ago and its going to take qiute a while to get back to that level. I tend to be a bit impatient and want to be back where I was right away.
I got back on the bike last week and have just been getting some easy km done. I've even started some easy jogging so the recovery is well on the way!

Aaron.

Back to the start

Recovery from the knee injury has gone better than expected and after a meeting with the specialist yesterday I am back into some light training over all three disiplines.
Made it through my first bike and run for seven weeks successfully and without pain.
From here its back to the start again with some really easy aerobic stuff for the next few weeks to get some fittness back then into another training camp with TBB in Thailand late February. So hopefully racing again in late March/April leading into the European season.
The past week I spent back in the workshop getting some hours done and coin in the bank. Was great to just get back and be able to do something constructive again after being immobile for those few weeks but now the journey begins to get back the fittness and beyond!

Aaron

Tylers first Christmas!

While my family heads off to Tamworth for christmas this year we decided to stay in Canberra and celebrate it with the Broughton side, so last weekend was Tylers first road trip out to meet mum and dad and have some premeture christmas celebrations on the farm at Peak Hill.
Our whole family turned up on the Saturday night and we had a great dinner, much like Christmas day we all ate way to much! Pictured above is my side of the family.
Sunday was the trip back to the capital and Monday was a real reality check for me. Because I started walking again and I'm not allowed to train with the blood clots I figured I may as well be doing some work, so well before the sun rose I made my way in there and knocked out my first day of work since early November. After being laid up on the couch not being able to do anything it was great to be mobile and have something else to focus on for a few days.
The injury is coming along really well and I am expecting to get back into some light training over the next few weeks. I am able to walk without crutches now and without pain but will have to keep the brace on for the next week. From there I will keep on with the physiotherapy and blood thinners and ease into some training.
Next race is looking like it might be late March or April depending on the recovery process.

Hope everyone has a great Christmas!

Closer?

Another week on the crutches being the patient but hopefully on the raod to recovery. This week I started physio on the leg and some easy movement in the pool with some water running so that was a major step forward. If all goes well I should be able to have the brace off in four weeks and be back on my feet into some sort of training.

Was dissapointing to miss Busselton last week but was good to see an upset in the pro race to make it interesting. Busso was the race that began Berkels great run so it will be interesting to see what Courtney Odgen can do from here,even though he is one of the older guys.