The road to 2000 pts in the pentathlon has taken a detour. One was under my control the other was not. While training cleans with the 88lb bell I felt a stabbing pain in my ribs. Stupidly I kept training and completed a real heavy workout. I was able to push some big weights. The next day breathing was hard and it felt like someone was turning a knife in my rigs at random moments. After a few days the pain went away and I went back to training. That was a bad idea as I again recreated the pain. The lesson learned was that I need to do more of what I tell everyone else to do: horizontal push and pull and balance out the vertical nature of sport. I should of also gradually built up to heavy cleans. Oh and I didn't warm up - all poor choices on my part. A lot of people think I have all of the opportunity in the world to train and actually the opposite is true. I tend to squeeze workouts in and I cut corners and focus on what my strengths are. I should do the opposite. I am learning the coach needs a coach.
In digging around I felt a lump in my armpit that has been there for a while. Yes stoopid. The wife also observed said lump and ordered me to the doctor. I showed the lump to the doc and the doc ordered me to his office. In a matter of days I was getting an ultrasound and talking to a surgeon. Fortunately it was benign and they recommended its removal. I chose to do it as soon as reasonably possible (2 weeks before the competition) and therefore taking myself out of the pentathlon competition. This gives me the opportunity to focus on getting balanced for a few months and once the surgery is done there will be a lot of sled pushing in the future.
Lessons learned are progression, balance, and proactivity with lumps.
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