IMAZ--bad news

Well bad news here in Arizona.  Anders, at about 100 miles into the bike developed a severe pain in the outside of his right foot.  this pain was so great he had to ride in with his foot out of the shoe.  When he got into transition he was unable to put very much weight on his foot.  Upon leaving transition he had to sit down and the medical people worked on him for a while.  They diagnosed his problem is a severe inflamation of where the tendon that comes down the outside of your leg attaches to the outside of the foot.  The medical people and the race director strongly advised him to not continue on.  they told him that he would probably be injured for 6-12 months if he did.  Versus 2 weeks or so if he didn't continue.

This was brutal.  anders had rode his bike into 3rd place before the injury and entered transition still in 5th place despite not being able to put pressure on his foot over the last 12 miles of the bike.  He was just a minute or so out of 3rd.  He is obviously disappointed but I know will ultimately benefit from not really hurting himself on the run.  We are in recovery mode back at the hotel now....