Triathlon season w/ an Injury- one arm freestyle 1 mile swim
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My Triathlon season seemed to be over as I fractured my collar bone and Scapula while doing the Ojai Century ride on June 2nd 2007. I had no other choice than to scratch the Breath of life and Vineman Triathlons, while leaving the Sta Barbara and Malibu tri’s questionable. However, I was inspired by videos of swimmers competing with one arm and no arms. I hit the pool to learn the one arm free style swim, which I used to complete the one mile ocean swim at the Santa Barbara Triathlon 12 weeks after my crash. I admit I began jogging on the threadmill 5 weeks after my crash w/o talking to my Dr., but after talking to him, I cut back to 3 miles per week. I hope to pay the inspiration forward with this video, with music background by Nuttin but stringz, ” Thunder “. Ride Safe. Richard Valdez www.matthewsheart.com
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Love your video! I feel pretty lame now for pulling out of Santa Barbara for my injury. Congratulations to you! Great job on sticking with it and putting together a great video!
Don’t regret your decision. We need to have the wisdom to make the right call on when to quit or scratch a race. I recently read on Runner’s World about a runner who completed the Boston Marathon under severe pain, misery and stomach cramps. Unfortunately, he made the wrong call, because after the marathon he had to go to the emergency room and was treated for kidney failure. He recovered. I was prepared to quit on the run if I felt pain on my injury. No race is worth engaging on Injury Abuse.
my respect!
I went through a similar period after an Equestrian accident.
Glad to hear you’re back in the running!