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TriSport Fetch: The smell of 220

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GregP May 2019 3:09pm, 28 May 2019 112,539 posts	Quote Pin GregP Blood sugar? Will go back and re-read your Cozumel blog in a minute.
Raemond May 2019 3:12pm, 28 May 2019 2,584 posts	Quote Pin Raemond Oh gosh, poor chap. I don't think I'll ever quite understand the determination to keep going that long after throwing up and collapsing, though. But then I'll also never be out at the front of the pack in the first place, and I'm sure there's a connection there.
stewartC May 2019 3:50pm, 28 May 2019 158 posts	Quote Pin stewartC my god it sounds horrific.
TRO Saracen May 2019 5:31pm, 28 May 2019 18,801 posts	Quote Pin TRO Saracen Rae, probably the other way round in most races, certainly Ironman. Many pros will step off the course if their day is going wrong and they are out of the places that pay, even some of the top amateurs once the podium/KQ is gone. Further back in the field there is an absolute determination to finish, and those battling the cut off grim reaper can have a hellish time and still keep trucking. They are also out there much longer so the suffering can be hours.
GlennR May 2019 5:38pm, 28 May 2019 42,658 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Speaking partly from experience, if you're hanging on for grim death at the back then it's probably going no worse than you expected, so you might as well finish what you started.
Raemond May 2019 5:55pm, 28 May 2019 2,589 posts	Quote Pin Raemond My line of thinking is more that if anything gets to point of extreme (or beyond moderate, really) discomfort and stopping is an option, I will almost certainly stop, and this probably gets in the way of achieving most things relating to physical fitness (and we've established that tri is just competitive fitness). Upto and including moderate discomfort though, I'm good. Hence tattooes, piercings, living with Sam...
GregP May 2019 6:58pm, 28 May 2019 112,552 posts	Quote Pin GregP Probably as good a point as any to say I’m not going tennis tonight. Haven’t played since Thursday and my elbow is still giving me considerable grief.
LazyDaisy May 2019 7:11pm, 28 May 2019 26,827 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy Good call, Greg.
GlennR May 2019 7:19pm, 28 May 2019 42,659 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Sensible.
Raemond May 2019 7:27pm, 28 May 2019 2,592 posts	Quote Pin Raemond Lull those fluffy yellow bastards into a sense of false security, then they'll feel it all the more when you get back to tatting them.

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