A Triathlete With Heart

Triathlete magazine has the latest installment in age-group triathlete Rumon Carter’s training diary. Carter, 30, is battling to return to form after undergoing heart surgery.

"The truth is, none of this whole experience has been much fun -- darkly comical at times, perhaps, but never fun. ... My brain remembers my body, but my body’s drawing a blank on who it once was. Climbs I once rode in my big ring now leave me looking for that 11th gear up the stack; my wife’s Chihuahua can outrun me; a case of paralytic fear has rendered me unable to face the pool. And am I having fun? Oh yeah."