Been into Triathlon for 6 years now and I count myself extremely lucky that I’ve never had a DNS or a DNF. I’ve had a few injuries, but nothing that’s completely stopped me from racing.
I qualified for Nice 70.3 worlds last year, and had been building nicely to it this year, then disaster struck 2 weeks ago. Front tyre blow out and I ended up in a ditch. I knew something was wrong pretty much straight away, and sure enough it was a fractured glenoid; rear shoulder on the socket joint.
Tri-Season over; just like that.
I can sit up on the turbo and peddle; and run in some discomfort with painkillers, but the disappointment is consuming every activity I do at the moment and I’m not really enjoying it. How do you all deal with this? Take a break from training? Do something else? God knows! HELP!
Source: r/IronmanTriathlon · by /u/M___H