This blog starts on the day I found out that I will need knee surgery to repair some damage sustained from a non-training related injury. I want to document this journey from today until the day that I can cross the finish line of my next major race (If there is one). Hopefully, I will capture the things that I do right (and wrong) during the next 6 months to a year so that other people can learn from my experience.
What is a non-training injury? Well basically, I slipped getting out of the shower. This was just 3 days before a half Ironman triathlon that I had trained for over the past 6 months. My orthopedic surgeon reviewed my MRI and found a torn ACL, medial meniscus tear, and “cartilage shearing”. He is recommending surgery to repair the issues, this seems to be straight forward for the ACL and meniscus, however this “cartilage shearing” thing sounds worrisome. The repair was something about possibly drilling lots of little holes to force my body to build up new material. If that is the case, then there will be a 6 week period of not being able to place weight on my right leg.
This knee surgery most likely will put an end my summer ’18 triathlon season. Maybe. I’m doing the math and it’s possible if my body heals without any issues that I could squeeze a late season event in. I am 42 years old, am in pretty decent shape and take care of myself reasonably well. I’m hoping that helps.
I hope this is entertaining and useful to someone out there!