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Hi fellow hippies!

My name is Kari and I live in beautiful Victoria BC Canada. I had bilateral CoC hip resurfacing in Belgium on January 21, 2021. Nothing like traveling across the pond in the middle of a pandemic for major hip surgery but I am so grateful that I did! Prior to my surgery I had not run a pain free step in 6 years and hadn’t run at all in at least 3. I used to be a mid pack ironman triathlete and marathon runner. I qualified for Boston once but my last child was born 1 month before the race and injury after injury prevented me from trying again. I have no intent of running any more marathons but I am enjoying slowly getting back to some 5-10km trail running. It is also very nice to be able to swing my leg over my bike with ease! This site is fantastic and I enjoy reading and being inspired by all your stories!

This topic has 3 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 1 year, 9 months ago by Dave Whiteside.

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- January 20, 2022 at 7:21 pm #20067
  Kari
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  Hi fellow hippies! My name is Kari and I live in beautiful Victoria BC Canada. I had bilateral CoC hip resurfacing in Belgium on January 21, 2021. N
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- January 21, 2022 at 7:34 am #20069
  Hip Brother Tom
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  Hi Kari!
  Welcome to the Hip Runner community. You’ve got a good approach getting back to running. Don’t rule out the marathon though… 🙂 It might be in your future some day.
  Hip Brother Tom
- January 22, 2022 at 9:04 am #20077
  Coddfish
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  Hi @Kari and welcome. How lucky we are to be able to return to something we love. I had a single full hip replacement in September 21 and am slowly and carefully finding my way back. The biggest challenge I am having is having lost aerobic fitness during my enforced period of not being able to run. The hip is absolutely brilliant.
- February 19, 2022 at 1:35 pm #20112
  Dave Whiteside
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  Hi Kari, I started off running 5K’s and 10K’s but over the last 5 years have moved to ultras as they’re actually a lot easier on my hip, as crazy as that sounds. Listen to you hip, back off when it’s sore and you’ll do fine. Good luck.
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