Completely the right choice, however tough it is to make at the time, avoiding injury is a wise investment in next year

Thank you so much for documenting your journey Ed. You rock and are an inspiration! Congrats on your beautiful son! Onwards and upwards! All the best on your recovery and enjoy the downtime with your lovely family. Cheering you on from Panama!

Sounds like you made the right call. The main fact is you are able to do it next year. If you pushed through the pain you never know. Plus can’t do that to your family. All the best in getting back to 100% and qualifying next year. I’ve had to hold back a lot since my accident not long ago. Finally able to start running with a bit of speed. Still feels slow but cannot push it otherwise be out for longer. Congratulations on the new baby!!

When you re a dad, your entire world changes. Safety first always, because there are those more important than yourself. Good call, good luck on coming months in training. Thank you for the inspiring videos.

Thanks for presenting your experiences and thoughts Ed. As an aspiring triathlete myself, it's great to hear the experiences of people like you. Keep it up.

Sorry to hear about Kona congrats on baby try and sleep while you can !!!!

Ed you have had a fantastic season that most can only dream of, you’re a better athlete for that painful experience and I have no doubt you’ll be back even stronger next year, all the best to you and the family!

You made a heroic decision in my opinion. Probably harder for you to decide to stop than to carry on and shows deep wisdom. I have a great feeling that you will come back stronger from this experience. Successful people aren’t so much defined by how they behave when things go well, but by how they handle setbacks. Your are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your journey 😄🤞

Sounds like you made the right decision. I hope you heal well and smash your 2019 season! Best of luck!

Thanks for sharing Ed. You’re such an inspiration to me

Go Ed! All the best! Looking forward for more updates and your recovery program for this. Cheers mate! And get well soon..

Devastated for you, but I don’t imagine there is a world where that isn’t the right call. Pleasure watching your videos and looking forward to seeing what happens next.

Life and wellbeing is more important than finishing the ironman with a long term injury. Enjoy life and the love of your family. You will cross that line, you will...its just only life teaching us a lesson!!! Best wishes for you and your family!!!!

You made the right choice... I'm glad you did. God bless you and your family.

Ed I am 39 years old and love running. You are an inspiration and I am proud of you. Go for it again.

Thank you for sharing your experience ed!

Smart decision, Ed. You got the next ones! All the best!!!

Two years ago I injured my right calf muscle a few months before the ironman in cebu. I rested it a week and did a lot of calf raises in the gym progressively going heavier until I felt like I could dunk like Spud Webb. I also did 300 heavy kettlebell swings every other day and 70 reps of lying side leg raises in bed on each side almost every night before going to sleep. My right calf and hips never bothered me again after that. Just sharing my experience. Hope to qualify for kona someday U r an inspiration. Go get em next year!

I'd love to see more videos from you buddy, love the Kona training video👍

Not at all man. The journey has only begun and there will be more opportunities. Hold your head high, you're a wonderful athlete Ed. There will be the highs and the lows!

All things are temporary! Look forward to following you to the 2019 Kona championships!

Just watched your pre-kona video and felt a little sad about what happened there after the second vid. Anyways, at the level you are competing it was the most logic decision to make. Hope you are doing great now, congrats for the baby and please post more videos of your next pre-races. Peace and all the best bro!

Better safe than sorry! I'm sure you'll do better next year, don't give up! I hope someday I can compete in Kona as well. I'm only 22 years old and my only ironman was finished in 16.5 hours :x a man can dream, right?:p Good luck!!

Ed, You've been at sport long enough to know that every race isn't going to go perfectly. I am always surprised when any race goes well considering all the things that could go wrong in triathlon. Give your body the rest it needs and then let us know what your plan of attack is for next year 😬 Best of luck my friend, we're all cheering for you!

Sorry to hear about Kona, I know that's a tough decision to make but I it sound like you made the right choice! You're an amazing triathlete no matter what happens on race day!

Good on you man. As hard it might be, you made the right choice. Good luck for your prep and keep feeding that baby.

Can't imagine how tough it was to make that decision. It takes takes strong will to be able to make such a smart decision. Wish you a fast recovery and a lot of success.

You are powerful and will be back God willing!

Good call. You still had an amazing experience and there will be other races! Enjoying your videos. I'm a fat dad trying to get skinny and lose his diabetes. I'm getting there and your video has been a great motivator. Keep it up!!

Good call -- keep the body healthy, and keep training!

You ran a 2:21 marathon!! You are already a legend! Good luck next year dude

you made it to Kona, and your journey is not over by a long shot. Be positive and remember why you race - because you love it, not because you have to prove anything

You made the right choice. I‘m a triathlete myself and i‘ve been doing it for 5 years now and the best advice i can give you is that you should do more workouts and trainings outside. And what‘s also very important is, that once or twice a week you should train a little less exhausting and slowet because at a certain point you don’t get better if you always do fast runs and rides. Your body needs a cool down. Love the sport, keep on doing what you love 🤙🏼🏊‍♂️🚴🏼‍♂️🏃🏼‍♂️

Keep the spirit, KONA awaits you next year!

Thanks for the update and you'll be back. Keep going Ed.

best decision. will definitely get stronger. hip flexor strengthening and flexibility as the focus for 2019 and off-season.

As an athlete, you know your body and limits the best, no one should doubt that.

You're a machine and you will absolutely be at Kona in 2019 and kill it.

Well done ed

Bummer but more importantly you have a beautiful healthy baby! Hope you'll continue filming your training for your next races.

You are on your game and ev everyone has a bad day . you will smash it next year with them training efforts

contgratulation for this decision i'm too triathlonist and i know how it was hard to make it

always listen to your body, right decision :)

How’s the training going Ed? Hope to see an update video soon.

Give that injury time to heal. Hopefully this will be a lesson, and take this time to learn from it. Let us know when your next race will be.

No shame in that decision. Next year will be a better one.

hope you come back for 2019 and stick it to Mark for getting Friendly at a steal!........good luck

What about walking the last 13 miles?

Lol how can you drop out?? You’re at the IRONMAN WC. Once in a lifetime opportunity for most people. I’d walk/crawl the remaining distance if my leg was broken, just to finish what I came to do. Have you returned to Kona since? Doubt it. Sorry to be a downer, but you blew a once in a lifetime opportunity. Hopefully you can qualify again some time in the future, and i doubt you’ll get a DNF again...assuming your mindset changes.

You mentioned nothing regarding whether you were getting your butt kicked. Injuries during happen understood. I just wanted to know how it was going up until that point

@timpickering253

5 жыл бұрын

Close to an hour swim, 4:30 bike, and looked to be averaging about 7-minute mile pace before dropping.

@mindciller

5 жыл бұрын

So he was getting his butt kicked then

Requalify for Kona, and now you know what the conditions are like. Come back to Kona and kick butt!

Thank You for sharing your experience. I’ve worked as an orthopedic therapist for 20 years and know what it takes as an athlete the ups and downs of training. I would love to visit with you, my website is OmassageT.com Again Thank You for your continued positive attitude! Blessings

Ever heard of toughing it out? It's called an Ironman not " go as far as you can till you're hip flexor gets tight then pull out" you took someones spot bro ! Don't let it become a habit !

Please be careful to not shake the baby's head.