Broken bones and bike 9 weeks before IMUK
agent_ti
Posts: 306
in General Chat
Came off my bike at 73kph this afternoon, lots of road rash, fractured collarbone, and completely snapped my forks and bashed my bike.
1 week before Weymouth, and 9 weeks before IMUK! ARGH! [:@] Had my whole season based around this, ll hopes of sub-11 hours are out of the window, not even sure if I will be able to complete the swim, so so so annoyed!
1 week before Weymouth, and 9 weeks before IMUK! ARGH! [:@] Had my whole season based around this, ll hopes of sub-11 hours are out of the window, not even sure if I will be able to complete the swim, so so so annoyed!
0
Comments
and how did you get to 73kph - and then come off?
What fitness training can you do with your injuries?
thats a big off. you should be happy your alive.
thats a shade off 50 mph. christ on a bike it must have been rough.
Was descending and took a corner too wide and hit a pothole in the side of the road and ended up 20m down the road. Got to wait to see the fracture clinic for healing times, hopefully as the fracture isnt too bad, I should be back running and out on the bike on the roads in 4/5 weeks, swimming could be anything, depends how much movement I lose in my shoulder, and how quickly I can train again, just got to take it day by day. Could be hit and miss for the swim. Hopefully I can get on the turbo in a fews days and keep the legs ticking over.
Haha thanks Gary, might put my road rash up...
speedy recovery
Nasty injury - very painful indeed by all accounts - all the best for a good recovery. My husband also did his in May and missed virtually the entire season. Boy was he fed up!
blurredgirl
So glad that it wasn't a lot worse-thats one hell of a speed to hit the road at.....
wow 74k!!! man that's fast....
wish you all the best and hope you can get back in full training soon.
I too broke my collar bone - and I can empathise as the pain is excruciating. It took about 6 weeks for me to recover, but I was not swimming at the time, but at 9 weeks I was able to pass an army medical - so there is a slight chance, I guess it just depends on the type of break and how fast your body recovers.
Got my fingers crossed for you mate.