The weekend warrior's tri-life blog
One man's journey through the sport of triathlon, one weekend at a time.
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another season gone before it starts. the road back is long, but i've been there before.
Let's start with the following list of athletic seasons lost to injury:
6th Grade Football - Broken Hand 7th Grade Football - Broken Hand 9th Grade Wrestling - Broken Ankle (still won) 10th Grade Wrestling - Viral Bronchitis 11th Grade Football - Shoulder surgery 11th Grade Wrestling - Shoulder Surgery Freshman Football - Dislocated shoulder, fractured shoulder blade, career over. Freshman and Sophomore Wrestling - Shoulder surgery to repair football injury Junior Wrestling - Concussion, seven stitches in my face (still won) Senior Wrestling - Dislocated both shoulders, torn labrum (did not win...or finish) 2011 - 2014 - Catastrophic ankle/foot injury 2014 Triathlon - herniated disc 2015 Triathlon - Rhabdo, heart attack, hip bursitis 2016 Triathlon - L & R hip labrum tear (or more accurately described as being "obliterated"), hip bursitis, gluteal tendinitis. As you can see I've put together a pretty strong and robust career for several medical facilities across the nation. SO, while as extremely disappointing as this one is (and it is devastating), I'm not exactly a stranger to dealing with injuries. Luckily, this time I'm not on a timeline and there isn't a small window of opportunity for me to accomplish my goals and dreams. I'm not going Pro anytime soon, and this is a sport that I can do for a very long time, assuming I can still physically still do it...Considering my history, though, that may be a big assumption. so why the hell do i do it?
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The last time I finished an athletic season without an injury was in 1997. Since then, literally every year I have competed in an athletic sport has ended with an injury. Triathlon has been no different. 2014 - herniated disc, hip pain. 2015 - severe hip and butt pain, rhabdomyolysis (rhabdo as it's colloquially known), and a friggin' heart attack. I had the same goals for 2016 that I had for 2016: don't get injured, break an hour in a Sprint, and win the 2016 Clydesdale National Sprint Championship. Well folks, it's looks like the streak is still alive.
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