"Experience" is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted....

[Ritamarie]

The one thing I cannot get through my head is the decision to ride your leg the tri when you could not put the weight on your left leg

pll, For the record, I wouldn't recommend it! (My CYA fine print.)

I'm definitely not a risk taker by nature, but I abhor quitting. To quote Lance Armstrong, "Pain is temporary... quitting lasts forever". I had teammates to consider, after all. I said I'd do the race, and come hell or high water, I was going to ride that race.

But to put this in my own personal perspective, this is my 10th broken bone - my second pelvic fracture. It didn't feel fractured to me and, at the time, my only real concern was whether or not I had a concussion. I asked the EMTs beforehand to check that out, and they gave me the all-clear.

None of the other breaks were from bicycles by the way, mostly from horses, the worst a broken leg from a dirt bike (motorcycle) accident. I've become much more cautious with age, but still prefer to forget that I'm 50 years old now.

My Dad said to me, when I called to tell him I'd broken yet another bone, "Well, it's better to wear out than to rust out!"