Kilian Questionable for WSER

After linking to Kilian’s first post it would be wrong of me to not share the follow up and teased MRI results:

“Moderate hydrops. Horizontal rupture in the anterior horn of the lateral meniscus with marked edema in the adjacent Hoffa’s fat pad. Cartilage damage centrally on the patella with adjacent bone marrow edema.”

No idea what any of this means, but none if it sounds good. He says that he’ll be at the starting line of WSER, and will try – and is forced into – a different approach to training and preparation.

Of course we wish him speedy recover, it’s just too fun to watch him race. But I also want to use that moment to remind the collective trail media that the WSER lineup – and any big race lineup for that matter – is just not not a done deal until the actual gun goes off. I know sports media in general deals A LOT in wish-casting and dreaming about the “what ifs”, but especially in the trail running world there are just a lot of uncertainties as we’re dealing with individual athletes – and not a team – in a still fairly new sport and under researched sport.

Patience, grasshopper, patience.