This calls for a small break (I guess)

Complete Achillis Rupture

First, there's a pop or a snap. Then an immediate sharp pain in the back of your ankle and lower leg that makes it impossible to walk properly. It almost feels like you've been kicked, or even shot.

These are the sensations typical of an Achilles tendon rupture. The Achilles tendon is a large, strong fibrous cord that connects the muscles in the back of your lower leg to your heel bone (calcaneus). Your Achilles tendon — also called your heel cord — helps you point your foot downward, rise on your toes and push off your foot as you walk. You rely on it virtually every time you move your foot.


Well. That's what happened to me during a relay race Tuesday, just some 10m before the next stage it snapped of. I guess I won't be writing about bicycling and running for a while now.

The good part is that my tendon's now all cleaned up and will probably heal to a far better condition than it was before the rupture.


Funny thing is. Yesterday I had a doctors appointment where I was gonna discuss getting an X-ray of the tendon to evaluate the possibility of an operation to 'clean it up'. If I were to do that, that would mean financing everything from out of my own pocket. That's of course not an issue anymore, and also. It didn't cost me anything except for some pain relief an a pair of crutches. Only thing is. I wish they could do the right side while they were at it. That wouldn't take them more than 20 minutes extra.