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| 2 weeks after shoulder surgery |
Who would have guessed a 30 year old ski injury would bring down my 2012 Racing Season, which was expected to be my most awesome racing season thus far. But perhaps I saw it coming. Over the years, multiple shoulder dislocations in the gym while lifting weights, and three times in the past year while swimming. Probably more than a dozen times in the past two or three years alone. Last summer, I dislocated my shoulder in the middle of an open-water lake swim all while wearing a wetsuit. Crazy! Feb 20 I dislocated my shoulder in masters swim as a result of some minor contact with another swimmer in my lane (second time in a month). 15 people who responded to a "Code Yellow" didn't know how to put it back in so I had to do it myself. Again. Suddenly the mass start at Ironman Florida seemed like a pretty scary and impossible proposition, considering my apparently worsening and delicate condition. Shoulder surgery was two weeks ago, doc pretty much found my ligaments "shredded" 'and labrum nowhere it was supposed to be. I am told at least a six month rehab. Given all the anxiety I was feeling about an ocean swim and now as I recover from shoulder surgery gives me new hope to find my perfect location for my first Ironman distance race. Lake Placid 2013, Challenge Roth (Germany) maybe. There's a good chance I can salvage the second half of my racing season so long as it does not include swimming. For now, I remain bruised but not undeterred. And unfortunately Ironman will have to wait.
