Good luck to you smoggy... reading between the lines (not something that's very reliable on a forum!), it sounds like this injury has been quite a blow to you.

I've spent from November training for a BG... did 10,000; / week most weeks and numerous trips to the Lakes; all support and logistics in place and considering tapering at the start of May... then ate a kebab and developed Campylobacter food poisoning... it all went down the pan... literally.

After all that work and time devoted to it... bugger!!!

But now the window of opportunity has finally gone (realised I hadn't recovered enough for another attempt this year) I have steadily adjusted to the positives and the BG, whilst still an ambition, can wait.

I am still knackered; have lost a great deal of fitness and feel as though there has been a huge amount of wasted effort on my part and others, but it's not the end of the world and there are other ambitions to persue.

Good luck mate and keep ypur glass half full.