Not mine, my sister's. She is a firefighter and has been having lots of back and knee issues the past few years (Did IMWI with me in 2006). Today were shift physicals and her doc recommended against training for and doing another IM because of the long-term affect it will have on her knees and back (both required for her career).
She had signed up for IMLOU and I'm doing IMWI, so we had planned to spend a lot of our summer together training (we live 4 hours apart, but manage to get together a lot for long rides/runs).
She called me today crying (not unusual) but said she was so worried about how disappointed in her I would be. Obviously she had/has other reasons for doing IM, but she said the most upsetting thing was that she was disappointing me by dropping out.
To be honest, I'm a little disappointed because she knew last year when she signed up that she had a lot of work to do over the winter with PT and strengthening some of her muscle imbalances, and I don't think she was very diligent about it, but it's all in the past so there is no point in bringing it up.
So this is why I need the advice of the Womens: What can I say to her to make her feel better about having to back out, and how can I get over my own little secret disappointment (more disappointed that our training won't be the same - we might be riding together sometimes, but with different intentions)
She's coming to visit tomorrow so I'm sure we'll spend some time this weekend talking about it - what should I say???
She had signed up for IMLOU and I'm doing IMWI, so we had planned to spend a lot of our summer together training (we live 4 hours apart, but manage to get together a lot for long rides/runs).
She called me today crying (not unusual) but said she was so worried about how disappointed in her I would be. Obviously she had/has other reasons for doing IM, but she said the most upsetting thing was that she was disappointing me by dropping out.
To be honest, I'm a little disappointed because she knew last year when she signed up that she had a lot of work to do over the winter with PT and strengthening some of her muscle imbalances, and I don't think she was very diligent about it, but it's all in the past so there is no point in bringing it up.
So this is why I need the advice of the Womens: What can I say to her to make her feel better about having to back out, and how can I get over my own little secret disappointment (more disappointed that our training won't be the same - we might be riding together sometimes, but with different intentions)
She's coming to visit tomorrow so I'm sure we'll spend some time this weekend talking about it - what should I say???