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Footnote: Khalid Khannouchi on Road to Recovery after Surgery on Left Foot
Former World Record Holder in the Men's Marathon Expected to Race this Autumn
From Running USA
June 9, 2009
Boston, MA
New Balance, a leading global manufacturer of performance footwear and apparel, announced on May 27 that Team New Balance runner Khalid Khannouchi (37) of Ossining, NY, a two-time world record holder and current U.S. men's marathon record holder (2:05:38, 2002 London Marathon), is recovering well from recent foot surgery and hopes to begin training and racing again this fall. Khannouchi placed fourth in the 2008 Olympic Trials-Men's Marathon (see photo at left by Drew) held November, 2007 in New York's Central Park."I'm currently doing intense physical therapy at the U.S. Athletic Training Center in New York City so I can be fully competitive again," said Khannouchi. "I'm healing well and am eager and excited to return to racing for Team New Balance this fall."
After years of pain and discomfort in Khannouchi's left foot, an X-ray and MRI showed a bunion deformity with cartilage defect in his great toe joint and a bone spur in his ankle joint. The surgery, performed at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank New Jersey by sports podiatrist Dr. John Connors and Dr. James Ludden, removed the bone spur from Khalid's left ankle. The bunionectomy / microfracture surgery on his first metatarsal joint involved a marrow stimulation that was used to treat the focal, symptomatic cartilage defects in the bone.
"I am grateful to the Riverview Medical Center and Drs. Connors and Ludden for all of their support and expertise," commented Khannouchi who has marathon wins at Chicago (4) and London (1).
Khalid Khannouchi will be required to use special running and racing orthotics to absorb the impact shock and provide correct biomechanical stability even after his physical therapy has ended.