Tri History Lesson (on video) - this started it all, for many of us

Wow. I am stunned. I have never seen that before. Thank you for posting that.

Kelly

That is incredible, thanks for sharing it.

I watched that clip (and a bunch about Mark Allen) for a class in September 2004, and that is what inspired me to start. I love how determined she was - but the end always breaks my heart

Megz

I remember that well, and it definetely gets the cold chills going.

But it also raises the bigger question of when an athlete (at any level) should be stopped. There's a huge temptation -- on the part of athletes, spectators, and volunteers -- to encourage people who are obviously in pain, ill, etc. to continue to the finish. I've seen it at marathons in particular.

I ran the Richmond Marathon one year after poor preparation and illness, and literally collapsed with leg cramps at mile 26. I can still remember some well-meaning(?) soul yelling at me to get up and finish. I think they were unconsciously replaying scenes like we saw in that video in their mind, and hoping for a "heroic" scene they could cheer on. I'm sure they meant well.

I did finish -- but only after getting a pint of IV fluid -- my slowest time ever!

The site's blocked here at work, but I'm assuming it's Julie Moss at Kona back in '82. I watched the original broadcast and she's why I do what I do today.

The clip is amazing no matter how many times I see it.

And how about that sounds track...LOL.....gotta love the 80's

Totally motivating-
There is no way I can say i'm too tired to do my workout.....

Does anyone know the distances of this race?

It was an IM
2.4 mile swim
112 bike
26.2 run

aawesomee

thanks, going to have a great run tomorrow.

thats what motivated me just took me seven years before my first tri.