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Re: No more triathlons for me this year
Posted: November 17th, 2022, 9:03 am
by turf_toes
That’s great news, BP!
Re: No more triathlons for me this year
Posted: November 17th, 2022, 9:49 am
by andy10917
Glad to hear that something that's important to you is back in the "can-do" column for you, BP
Re: No more triathlons for me this year
Posted: November 17th, 2022, 10:33 pm
by DevilDawg81
Congrats BP. That’s great news
Re: No more triathlons for me this year
Posted: November 18th, 2022, 9:23 am
by edslawn
Good news and good luck!
Re: No more triathlons for me this year
Posted: April 9th, 2024, 12:05 am
by bpgreen
So . . .
I didn't end up doing the age group national champions for a variety of reasons, but kept doing triathlons. I've done a bunch of sprint distances and a few Olympic distances.
I was working up to a half ironman distance. They couldn't call it that because ironman is trademarked and they don't want to pay to use the term, so they call it a 70.3 and everybody knows (1.2 miles swim plus 56 miles on the bike plus 13.1 miles run equals 70.3 miles total). So I was trying to increase my distances, hoping to get to 70.3 by September of this year.
I rode my bike to the pool on November 3, swam for about a half hour and started home. After about a half mile, a truck ran a stop sign and put a sudden stop to my ride.
I've been bouncing back and forth between the hospital and a couple of rehab facilities since then. I'm scheduled to go home this Friday (finally) but won't be able to swim for a while because I've got a tube draining my gall bladder into a bag outside my body and can't swim with that.
There's no way I'll be ready for a 70.3 by September. If I'm really lucky, I'll be able to do an Olympic distance, but a sprint is more realistic (and even that might be a stretch).
I now know what people mean when they say "it felt like I got hit by a truck." It's definitely not a fun activity. If you have a choice abs option 1 is getting hit by a truck, pick option 2. I don't know what option 2 is, but it's got to be better than getting hit by a truck.
Re: No more triathlons for me this year
Posted: April 10th, 2024, 8:56 pm
by andy10917
Jeez, BP - sorry for the latest news, but happy you're on the mend.
Re: No more triathlons for me this year
Posted: April 14th, 2024, 6:37 pm
by bpgreen
I got home yesterday. First time I've slept in my bed since November 3.
I've come along way but still have a long way to go.