I've had low iron for a while, and need to quote the Life of Brian to feel better.
"If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten"
I'm hoping that's the case...is there any sort of benefit from training and racing with low iron? Can it trick your body like running at altitude can? Does your body try to carry oxygen more efficiently?
Fewer women may be drawn to you over time.
A low iron is good for playing in the wind. Otherwise, you might need to move the ball back in your stance and open up the club face a bit.
My experience is that it will either make you quit or be very determined, and occasionally pop a "big" performance, often followed by a poor one, as iron fluctuates. I will say that I look much younger than my contemporaries, so maybe I'm not oxidizing as fast heheh
Bekele has a ferritin of around 250. I'm lucky to keep it at 25, even with supplementation.
Get that shit up as fast as you can. If you really do have low iron you know how much it sucks. You just never get that "pleasantly tired" feeling. Instead you get the "I'm tired as f*** and might pass out" feeling. Also when my iron got back to the normal level my performances did not reflect the kind of work I had put in. So to directly answer your question, no there is no benefit to it. Except it might make you appreciate the pleasantly tired feeling a little more.