That was a nice piece you wrote. I did not know Dave, but I have a cool picture of he and I celebrating 4th/5th in AG at Texas 70.3 in 2014. He was so pumped on that stage. So tragic.

new research,
http://www.scientificamerican.com/...rm-risk-of-suicide1/

Holy toledo.

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Concussions definitely aren't the seemingly harmless injuries we thought they were years ago. 87/91 deceased NFl payers were found to have CTE, Dave had some horrific crashes and i hope they do look at his brain, these action sports could be worse than NFL.

I have had two concussions in my life. One that knocked my out from a skate board fall when I was young. One when I was hit by a car at the Vineman race.
These studies scare me.

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I've had three major concussions in my life (one of which was bad enough that I blacked out for 45 minutes, had a seizure, and was airlifted) and at least five minor concussions from skateboarding/skimboarding growing up... I'm 26 now...

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Such a surprise. Was a great guy.

Sad sad news

Seven - first at age 10, perhaps, most recent in 1990; I don't think any were minor

I'm 4 dozen & 6 years old now

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A friend of mine suffered a mTBI [mild Traumatic Brian Injury] from a slip in the tub

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08HkZgTIYm8

Imagine what a 20' fall [even with a helmet] could do?

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I thought I'd try to put some words together to share a little about the Dave I know, how he influenced me, and what an amazing guy he has been for this world. Thanks for the push, Dave......

http://favoritefinishlines.blogspot.com/...2/one-last-ride.html

Love each other, be there for each other, even if you don't know them. He did.

Peace,

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" I can't stop repeating every conversation in my head looking for clues."

Sorry for your loss and that you find yourself in that position but don't beat yourself hard on that. Even trained professional can't always see signs as there may not be any to detect.

Wow. Pretty deep stuff.

With apologies to Dave Mirra and others who suffer suicidal tendencies: I feel that it's fair to posit that part of that statistic is mostly correlation to risky behavior that results in increased probability of concussions, of which the root cause may be depression. In other words, "correlation is not causation." There may well be some link to brain damage and increased suicidal tendencies, and those with depression are known to engage in risky behavior (which may lead to concussions), and the collective population with these varied experiences are possibly difficult to separate in a study.

thanks for the write up

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I was listening to TRS podcast last night, ad he mention the same thing, and I got to thinking ...

You know how surfers always say: "Eddie Would Go"?

Triathletes should say: "Dave Would Go ... Aero"

Just a thought

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Thank you for sharing.

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Haven't seen this posted anywhere. Outside Online posted a well-done article that fleshes out some of what he was going through leading up to his death.

Great write up Bruce and thanks for sharing brother.....

Thanks, Mike. Good to see you down here the other day. Hope you are doing well and training is going great!

Cheers,

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This just released today. It got me a little choked up but glad it's out there. Prayers for Lauren and her family. She's got a heap of strength and faith for sure.

http://espn.go.com/...arrival-lauren-mirra

Cheers,

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I was watching the IMLP video the other day... :'(

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Also this on ESPN - http://espn.go.com/...-mirra-diagnosed-cte

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