Health & Fitness: (lack thereof) I keep coming back to this as the culprit: Viral Myocarditis: Coxsackie Virus Infections
There is no denying that I was training very near the top of my potential throughout the 2003 racing season and as cyclocross season drew near, in late October, I tried to really push for a big peak. A viral infection ended my cyclocross season before it started in November. Calculate in the stresses of the holiday season throughout December. Finally in January it started to look like the problems were subsiding when the crash resulted in a dislocated shoulder, fractured elbow, and some unusually deep road rash. The compound effects of the physical trauma, the inability to sleep well and mental anguish of having to curtail my athletic lifestyle, all contributed to the return of the symptoms of myocarditis.
Posted by dancoy at March 4, 2004 10:22 AM