After 3 weeks of trying different healing modalities with no success, for what I thought to be a nerve impingement, I finally went to see a sports doctor. Though the symptoms weren’t indicating a fracture, he ordered an MRI to rule it out 100%. Sadly the MRI came back positive for a sacral fracture. – @lsanderstri
Sanders is not the first elite male triathlete to have suffered a sacral fracture in the last 12 months. Both Jan Frodeno and Ben Hoffman suffered similar injuries at the end of 2018 in the lead up to the Ironman World Championship.
With Ironman Texas now off the table and weight-bearing activities out of the question, Sanders plans to work on his swim in the coming months.
Unfortunately, I am off running for 9-12 weeks. There is always a silver lining though, and I will take this time to work hard on my swim, and other deficiencies that could have contributed to this injury. – @lsanderstri