“My fear was that triathlons were over.” Now he's training for another Iron Man.

I've done 11 Ironmans. I've also done multiple half Iron Mans and marathons and half marathons — and so I've put a lot of wear and tear on the body. I saw some specialists and they basically told me I had no cartilage anymore. In the meantime I took a ski trip and I proceeded to tear my ACL. For someone who was bigger than my nine-year-old daughter, I would say Patrick is probably the person with the most energy I've met in a long time. So the procedure I had was where they put cadaver cartilage in my knee, and I also had a cadaver ACL replaced. Sometimes doctors get into performing the surgery they like to perform — and I don't think that was the case with Dr. Gomoll. He performed the surgery that was going to get me back to where I needed to be. I'm happy to report — he's even happier than me — that he's now training for an Ironman, and he keeps pushing himself, he's done several races, and he's done amazingly well. He knew my personality, he knew what I was doing. I have two young children, and my goal was to get back so I could play soccer with them, so I could take them skiing, so I could have a healthy lifestyle. But going in, my fear was that — you know, I came from a running background and did triathlons — and my fear was that that was over. He knew before I went into surgery I was still racing. I think that's very important, that the doctor understands what you do and what your lifestyle is, and is honest with you. And I think he is.