I broke my collarbone in a bike accident 9 days ago. The first 5 days or so after the accident were terrible, any movement of my arm was very painful and I just tried to keep it as immobile as possible in a sling and no training at all.
Over the last two days I've had a lot of improvement and I went for a run last night which went pretty well. I'm thinking of trying a ride on the trainer tonight. I am signed up for IM Texas on 19th May (7 weeks away) and in the days after the accident I had resigned myself to dropping out, but with the improvements I'm feeling now, I am hopeful I might be able to do it.
I was in very good shape (for me) leading up to the crash. I figure I can probably maintain a decent level of fitness with normal running volume and three or four fairly hard bikes of 2 hours each a week on the trainer. The swim will have to be winged by just reintroducing swimming two or three weeks before the race, but I find my swim times only change minimally whether I train a lot or a little anyway.
Am I crazy to be thinking of doing the race? Has anyone pulled off an IM after a broken collarbone two months out?
Over the last two days I've had a lot of improvement and I went for a run last night which went pretty well. I'm thinking of trying a ride on the trainer tonight. I am signed up for IM Texas on 19th May (7 weeks away) and in the days after the accident I had resigned myself to dropping out, but with the improvements I'm feeling now, I am hopeful I might be able to do it.
I was in very good shape (for me) leading up to the crash. I figure I can probably maintain a decent level of fitness with normal running volume and three or four fairly hard bikes of 2 hours each a week on the trainer. The swim will have to be winged by just reintroducing swimming two or three weeks before the race, but I find my swim times only change minimally whether I train a lot or a little anyway.
Am I crazy to be thinking of doing the race? Has anyone pulled off an IM after a broken collarbone two months out?