My Audaxing career has gone pear-shaped! I have these terrible pains in my left hip, left calf, left ankle and left buttock (the piriformis muscle, latin for "pear-shaped" by the way).
The pain is such that I'm living on ibuprofen, paracetamol and (only when I really need it) co-codamol, all as over-the counter medication. My GP has prescribed omeprazole to control the side effects of long term ibuprofen usage, as I've been on it now for 7 weeks. I have an NHS physio appointment for 3 weeks time, so I've had to take myself to my local physio for private treatment. It really is painful and I'm constantly watching the clock for when I can take the next dose.
My question is, is this common with cyclists, and with long distance cyclists? Does it sort itself in due course and have I just got to be patient? I have been given a routine of exercises so if it's all down to me, then so be it and I'll keep at them.
I'm off the bike, which is a blow as my last ride was the Not the Spurn Head 400 (which I completed without trouble) and my next should have been Rennes-Brest-Rennes 600 (DNS),which would have been my final qualifying ride as an Ultra-Randonneur.
Fortunately it's only down the left side. I can only hope that I'll be back for my 10th SR series next season. I can't see me doing a 600 before the end of September.