I was hoping to give some good news, that I had qualified for the 2 major ultras this year, but alas no. I cut my thumb pretty deep on the day before the race and had to go to hospital 5 stitches!
So education time, why does cutting thumb affect you from racing?
1st u have to understand the severity of the wound, the blood was the enough to fill 2 dish clothes. The wound was deep.
So the affect:
1) when racing your heart would be throbbing, the excess pressure on the thumb would result bleeding through the stitches
2)With the sweat and the slightly open wound the result could be a rather serious infection
3) When running your legs receive alot of trauma, and since your body will send healing reserves to your legs , the thumb will heal slower.
So there you have it, my race plans were de-railed by a cut thumb, now I will need to do some serious thinking in order to complete my next race. we'll just have to see:)
