at ironman santa rosa. somebody owes her a fruit basket.
That’s great the guy made it and really cool she continued on and found out during the run. Nice write up.
If WTC was smart - she would have an expense paid trip and free slot in Kona and do a nice “story” on her.
USAT could also do a nice story -
If WTC was smart - she would have an expense paid trip and free slot in Kona and do a nice “story” on her. USAT could also do a nice story -
well, at least somebody did a nice story!
True - But you don’t need the “good publicity” - they both do.
And I should have said before - thanks for doing the story.
Cheers for her. Ironman would be smart to comp her a race entry. A lot of people won’t do mouth to mouth because of worries about catching something.
Feel good story of the day for sure.
I think she deserves a P5 with a paint scheme similar to Caroline Steffen’s but with a slight twist to make it a “medical” bike instead of a “Swiss” bike 
this is magnificent. she’s way out on the pointy end of “just do the right thing”.
peggy
If you could track down the guy doing compressions that would be good. He deserves some credit too
I’m certified cpr/ FA/ etc. and have been for a long time. I doubt that I would have the attention span to notice the need to use that training while in a race. This fact adds to the awesomeness of the feat. There should also be props given to the others who stopped before her and to the med peeps. They deserve credit too.
If you could track down the guy doing compressions that would be good. He deserves some credit too
yeah. tricia doesn’t know or remember his name. i think this would probably be a slowtwitch crowdsource endeavor.
Yes you did, and great to read!
Really would be nice for the other three people to raise their hands, or for a friend to ‘out’ them, although maybe they just want to be anonymous. Really does show what a great community we have, and hope that WTC does make a big deal out of this!
If WTC was smart - she would have an expense paid trip and free slot in Kona and do a nice “story” on her. USAT could also do a nice story -
well, at least somebody did a nice story!
Thanks for sharing the story and thanks to Patricia. When we are injured on the course, fellow athletes are the first line of response in the sense that the medics can’t be everything on a 140.6 mile course. The first people to help are fellow athletes, who interrupt/stop their race to help someone helpless and hurt who can’t help himself/herself.
Honestly coming from a team sport background, when the opponent is broke on the field, that’s when the team can take advantage. If you played football or any contact sport, its part of your DNA to ignore broken/hurt opponents and take advantage. In my early days of triathlon I actually found it hard to interrupt my own racing to check in on fellow athletes needing help (could be hurt, could be mechanical). That was back in my 20’s when we were all bomb proof and immortal. One more opponent “down” was one position to move up the road. It’s crazy, but that’s like Lance going cross country when Beloki goes down, or the race moving up the road in the Giro when Geriant Thomas and Landa hit the deck with Movistar having the throttle on full bore. It was hard for me in my early days in sport to get past this DNA ingrained in me from contact sports.
But once I became a parent (that would be 21 years ago), I started seeing every other athlete as a son/father/mother/daughter vs an opponent to be beaten and started helping those in a small way and checking in on injured peers. At 2011 at IM Switzerland, I got to be the recipient of the good samaritans when I crashed into a house with another guy and had broken bones and blood all over the place, and was totally unconscious. My SRM said I stopped moving at 9:17 am and the police report said the ambulance arrived at 9:30. Since the medics cannot be everywhere all the time, in 13 minutes, other athletes were able to ride up the road and get help and have organizers dispatch an ambulance. I was out cold, and bleeding profusely and could do nothing to help myself…the other athletes, like Patricia are our first line of defence. To this day, I have no idea who went and got medical help sent out for me. STer Rob Gray doing one of his first IM’s (so he was a lot slower then) and who swam ~10 min slower and was biking a bit slower than me said that by the time he biked by that point, help was already there.
I think pretty well everyone down in a race, who can’t help themselves and lived to the other side, has some other athlete like Patricia to thank. In many cases, we don’t even know who to thank. They just did it because they want to help a fellow human.
at ironman santa rosa. somebody owes her a fruit basket.
Thanks for sharing
With so many recent stories of cheats, course cutters, and deflaters; it’s really nice to see this story. Tricia’s and the other individuals acts of kindness are much more refreshing to read. Thank you for covering and putting the story front and center. Thank you Tricia for stopping and the others. Sounds like you truly were a lifesaver and achieved more than anyone else on that day.
at ironman santa rosa. somebody owes her a fruit basket.
or since it’s Santa Rosa, maybe a few bottles of wine 
at ironman santa rosa. somebody owes her a fruit basket.
Mike Reilly just visited her work to tell her she was going to Kona
True story