This an extract from the race report of IM Australia on xtri.com
What can you say about this guy ? I bet he doesn't make that mistake again......
Out on the bike course, competitor number 61, Yuji Adachi of Japan, was having a day to forget. A more practical application for the expression ‘S**t Happens’ would be hard to find. Yuji was easy to spot amongst the 1500 other cyclists – he was the one who wasn’t wearing any shoes.
“Where’s your shoes mate?” (Well, you have to ask, don’t you?)
“I left them in my hotel!” was the reply followed, somewhat redundantly, by “I am very unhappy.”
‘Nuff respect to Yuji, however. Not only did he ride the entire 180km with nothing between his feet and his clip-on pedals, but he also recorded a 5:24 split, the 200th fastest of the day! Then, how about this, he tucked his battered plates into his running shoes and knocked out a 3:08 marathon to finish in 9:30 and snag a Hawaii qualification slot. Did anyone ever deserve a ticket to Kona more?
What can you say about this guy ? I bet he doesn't make that mistake again......
Out on the bike course, competitor number 61, Yuji Adachi of Japan, was having a day to forget. A more practical application for the expression ‘S**t Happens’ would be hard to find. Yuji was easy to spot amongst the 1500 other cyclists – he was the one who wasn’t wearing any shoes.
“Where’s your shoes mate?” (Well, you have to ask, don’t you?)
“I left them in my hotel!” was the reply followed, somewhat redundantly, by “I am very unhappy.”
‘Nuff respect to Yuji, however. Not only did he ride the entire 180km with nothing between his feet and his clip-on pedals, but he also recorded a 5:24 split, the 200th fastest of the day! Then, how about this, he tucked his battered plates into his running shoes and knocked out a 3:08 marathon to finish in 9:30 and snag a Hawaii qualification slot. Did anyone ever deserve a ticket to Kona more?