Before the quest
I have always been into health and fitness. As a kid I played a lot outdoors and cycled everywhere. I got into triathlon through a commitment made with a friend after several drinks. At the time I wasn’t doing much in the way of exercise and had never run or swam for fitness
The momement things changed
I did a turbo session on the 19th December 2017
Denial
I thought the injury was minor
Giving things up
I fought hard to maintain my
I knew every week I didn’t train would take another two to three weeks to regain fitness
Swimming stopped
I started cycling and running once per week
Feeling down
Loss of everything I did
Acceptance
I realised