[/quote]You are only allowed to get one if the medical staff determines you are in serious dire straits.[/quote]



That's absolutely not the case in reality, I've seen athletes and especially pros getting IVs all the time. In fact the last Ironman I did I was totally fine afterwards, the med staff just casually asked me if I wanted an IV to help recover, and I said sure. The med tent was full of fellow pros getting IVs as well as plenty of amateurs. I would call that the norm rather than the exception, based on what I've seen in the past. Perhaps they've tightened up on that just recently, but that certainly has not been my experience in the past. So it would make sense that Andy was pissed, because they typically give out IVs like candy