In terms of lumbar disc herniations, are there some of you who previously had similar issues, who would share their stories, how long the recovery process was and how long it took to start training properly again with conservative treatment only? I am currently 4 weeks into a L3/L4 herniation, which greatly affected my left leg, and doing physio etc. to try and get it sorted. (Too young to jump straight to a discectomy). Is it realistic at all to plan to race again in December? ????