Knowing what you all know now (which for some here amounts to not very much...), don't you all think that Chris Legh should have 'really' DNFed in kona 1997? Or should he have just gone on the way he did to please a bunch of dudes watching the race on ironmanlive and make sure no one on slowtwitch would give him shit?
It's very probably that had he pull the plug earlier on in the race, he would have now not 2 IM wins, but 6 or 7. Of course some selfish persons here probably think that then, he wouldn't be their hero, and there would not have been that article in tri mag a couple of months ago...but on the other hand, what kind of problem is he putting himself into in the future because of this?
Yet, it was his decision to make (not sure if he regrets it, I'd be interested to know...)
but the thing is, no one here knows what's going on during the race for someone in particular and no one has to say whether the decision of someone was the right one or not. That decision doesn't change anything for anyone else (except a few places higher and the athletes concerned surely don't mind)...
It's very probably that had he pull the plug earlier on in the race, he would have now not 2 IM wins, but 6 or 7. Of course some selfish persons here probably think that then, he wouldn't be their hero, and there would not have been that article in tri mag a couple of months ago...but on the other hand, what kind of problem is he putting himself into in the future because of this?
Yet, it was his decision to make (not sure if he regrets it, I'd be interested to know...)
but the thing is, no one here knows what's going on during the race for someone in particular and no one has to say whether the decision of someone was the right one or not. That decision doesn't change anything for anyone else (except a few places higher and the athletes concerned surely don't mind)...