You know, people want to use Bjorn as a verb "Bjorn a race" meaining bike to hard and DNF the run. You want to blast Francois for racing hurt and getting a DNF. I dont think that you all get it at all. We are very fortunate that we get to play a game not like any other on earth. No matter how cool you think you are you will never ever be able to play baseball, football, hockey or even ping pong at the same time, or even on the same field as the worlds best. With IronMan we get to play the game at the same time with our hero's - the Pro's. They go around us, past us and get judged by you (not me). They are not playing the same game as you and I are playing. We may be trying to qualify for Kona, or just get a T shirt at the finish line - they are not.
You want to blast Bjorn for DNF on at WI? Well go to hell...why would he want to put himself through it? He KNOWS he can go the distance, hell he could have walked the run at MOO and still beat 99.9% of the AG out there. But, that is not what a smart person does. A pro packs it in - recovers and gets ready for the next big race.
Seriously - you all think that the pros are sitting there at heart rate 2 all day? They are 3/4 near their VO2 max full time, all the time as they are going to win - and when they crash, they crash hard. This is not easy for them. You want to think that Francois should not have started IMFL at all? You still dont get it...I know for certain that there will be a person who has a DNF who did not "train right" as according to some standard - maybe that person lost 100lbs last year and thought they would do it, maybe they lost a leg, arm or brother. You dont ever know anyones reason to start, let alone why they just cant push any further and finish - and why to even bother with a finish if you are a pro.
If you want to tell someone that they should not even start an IM...then you are telling that to me, my friends and probably 50% of the AG there who suffer for 14-17 hours on a course that should be win in less tha 9 right?
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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?
You want to blast Bjorn for DNF on at WI? Well go to hell...why would he want to put himself through it? He KNOWS he can go the distance, hell he could have walked the run at MOO and still beat 99.9% of the AG out there. But, that is not what a smart person does. A pro packs it in - recovers and gets ready for the next big race.
Seriously - you all think that the pros are sitting there at heart rate 2 all day? They are 3/4 near their VO2 max full time, all the time as they are going to win - and when they crash, they crash hard. This is not easy for them. You want to think that Francois should not have started IMFL at all? You still dont get it...I know for certain that there will be a person who has a DNF who did not "train right" as according to some standard - maybe that person lost 100lbs last year and thought they would do it, maybe they lost a leg, arm or brother. You dont ever know anyones reason to start, let alone why they just cant push any further and finish - and why to even bother with a finish if you are a pro.
If you want to tell someone that they should not even start an IM...then you are telling that to me, my friends and probably 50% of the AG there who suffer for 14-17 hours on a course that should be win in less tha 9 right?
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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?