Pau Capell retired at kilometer 100 of the UTMB race after being exhausted due to an infection in his left leg.
Pau Capell required hospitalization with infectious cellulitis, It was the decisive factor for him to give up UTMB Mont Blanc. The mountaineer, who was hospitalized until Friday, could still have a serious bacterial skin infection if not treated correctly.The problem is caused by a On August 17th, the puncture behind the left knee Strengthen it during treatment. Two days later, problems started to develop in his legs, and on August 22 he was unable to walk.Capel himself emphasized “It was spreading and I had a really sharp pain in my leg. Also, my leg started to swell and I started taking meds. There are ten days until the UTMB race. I’m just thinking about what I’m going to take so I don’t Will be doping during the game.”
It should not be forgotten that Pau Capell underwent surgery in jJuly 2021 left knee cartilage injury Runners therefore “pamper” this knee.
Punctured left knee during treatment resulting in leg infection resulting in infected cellulitis
The antibiotic treatment partially worked, and as we’ll see later, he moved to Chamonix, intending to start. “When I arrived, I hadn’t run in ten days. I had only cycled in Andorra. However, on Wednesday 30 August, I joined the fans for my first run with Paul Capel Training. That workout was good for me. It was Wednesday and the game was Friday. On Thursday, I told myself… I’m going to work out and finish the OCC with Roger Comellas That last part. I feel good.”
If not treated properly, the infection can spread to the lymph nodes and blood and can quickly become life-threatening
Pau Capell started UTMB -171km, thinking that the infectious cellulite problem on his left leg had been solved. All went well until he started noticing his first discomfort at kilometer 30. “It has a lot of ramps. The twins have ramps on their legs. I’ve had that feeling in my body throughout my athletic career. I take salt pills, I take gels, I eat well, I drink well. I started feeling bad and after the pollutants were provided I went out but I wasn’t on pace. My pace was slower than I wanted to. I started climbing Valmer Hill and started sweating. All of it. Arrived 50km, I was the same. He got to Courmayer, 80km, and I said ok, we’re coming back, but the feeling was that we obviously weren’t on the Break Twenty. When I left there, I went to Bertoux Inside, Bonatti also arrived. I went down to Nuba, walked 100km and said stop because I was walking and had no strength. That leg was not swollen though, still as good as that one.
Five hours after the match, the infection reappeared. “My left leg started to swell and my leg started to heat up. I started to swell and swell and swell until at night my parents told me…we were going back to Barcelona. My parents are doctors, Laura -his girlfriend- is a nurse.”
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