CONVERSATION, continued
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one ever said anything about me getting all
naked in transition; looking back I don’t know
how. Gotta love tri people, they know what’s
up.
mess of road rash anywhere on my body that
was bony. My ankles, knees, hips, elbows,
shoulders, everything was torn up. My first
attempt at a 70.3 was a DNF.
Congratulations on recently becoming the
Ironman 70.3 World Champion for the men
age 30-34. I heard your IM 70.3 career started a few years ago with a bang. How did your
first 70.3 go?
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You have had some major health issues for a
young guy. One of these started on August 6,
2009. What happened on that day?
Kyle: August 6, 2009 was the day that tested
my attitude about
life and family
more than I ever
could have imagined. The reason I
got
into
triathlons was to
complete
an
Ironman. Three
weeks
before
trying to complete my first
ironman I was
hit head on by
an SUV while
on my bike.
Kyle: My first year of
tris was 2006. In 2007 I
gave my first shot at the
70.3 distance. I was still
rocking my road bike
with clip on aero bars. I
was racing Lake Stevens
70.3 and at this time, the
bike was a two loop
course. The end of the
first loop went right by
the swim area so all of the
spectators were located
there. As I came into this
area I decided I wanted
some water at the bottom
I had never
ampionship.
of the hill right in the midat IM 70.3 World Ch
ion
really
been
Finish line celebrat
dle of what happened to be
injured before, let alone breaken a bone.
where my parents were located. I tried to grab But I knew that day, lying face down in a ditch
a water bottle from a volunteer but he was in the Montana summer heat, looking up at my
holding on much too tight to the bottle, and leg with the tibia bone sticking out that there
when I tried to grab it I was thrown backwards. was no doubt I had not only broken my leg, but
I tried to correct but it was too late, I was it was shattered. The very first thought that
going down. I bounced across the pavement went through my head was that all of my hard
like a ragdoll. Luckily my dad was taking photos work is down the drain, I will never compete
and got some in action wreck shots. I was a again.
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