Lucy Gossage is a cancer doctor by profession but has become one of the world's leading Ironman triathletes. Nigel Roddis/Getty Images Europe Gossage is lining up at the World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, but her aspirations to be No.1 are on hold. Stephen Pond/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images for Ironman Gossage has endured a long and lonely road back to recovery after breaking her collarbone in a training ride two months ago. Stephen Pond/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images She now faces the arduous task in 30-degree heat of first tackling a 3.85-kilometer swim... Stephen Pond/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images ...which is followed by 180.25km in the saddle for the second leg... Nigel Roddis/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images ...before taking to the course in the final leg, a marathon, against the world's best distance triathletes. Nigel Roddis/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images for Ironman Gossage has no idea how she might fare in Kona where she was in the top 10 last year. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images But after the race, any potential celebrations will be shortlived as she returns to work as a cancer doctor. Nigel Roddis/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images for Ironman Gossage says in her athletic life, she chooses to suffer while her cancer patients are suffering without a choice. Matthew Lewis/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images Prev Next
