What an athlete will do to get to the Olympics

dna_leri

Great account of the lengths Ailis McSweeney is prepared to go to to get to London 2012:

http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/athletics_irish/71868/

Not for the squeamish.

An hour and a half later the new leg was made. The only real bad moment during the surgery, which was under local anaesthetic, was when I glanced back to see the chisel being unpacked pre bone hacking. When Håkan saw the amount of work to be done he asked was I very stubborn. I was about to say no when I remembered some training sessions during the summer. There were days when I would do a run and then have a little panicky cry with the pain before walking back to go again. So foolish.

myflipflops

Nasty picture. Hope she gets fit and lowers her NR.


Stolen from Letsrun, an article runner every marathon runner should read. There could be scope for a thread of worthwhile article.

http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/microsite/article/0,8029,s6-239-569--14169-10-1X2X3X4X5X6X7X8X9-10,00.html

ocnoc

dna_leri wrote: »

Great account of the lengths Ailis McSweeney is prepared to go to to get to London 2012:

http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/athletics_irish/71868/

Not for the squeamish.

Yikes!!