I’m catching up on news about the Philly International Championship from last weekend on Velonews.com and noted the following passage about Greg Henderson, who took 2nd… a good HTFU story:
It was remarkable that Henderson — who won this race three years ago for the Health Net-Maxxis team — even finished this year’s 156-mile race. “I had a miserable day,” said the New Zealand sprinter. “I ate something (bad) last night and four times I had to stop at the side of the road with really bad diarrhea. André said, ‘Just pull out, it’s not worth it.’ But I said, ‘I’ll just keep going as long as I can.’
“Finally after about 100 kilometers I finally stopped shitting. I started feeling better and better and better, and then I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll make the finish now.’ Thank God I kept fighting, eh?”
Feel free to add any other similar examples.