Subject: RE: IM and post-17 hrs mndiver - 2006-10-25 7:21 AM
..wanted to do a HIM this year but was not satisfied I could get it done in under 6.5 hours. To me I decided that was the maximum time I could take to consider it an accomplishment. My goals for next year have been firmly established and that is now one of them.
I like your thinking on this. I'm doing my first Half-I/M at Eagleman, and the setting of a time goal (5:45 ) is an important part of it for me. Slogging my way through a 70.3 in 8 hours wouldn't be a meaningful personal accomplishment for me.
Of course, people's motivations and expectations do vary, based on their fitness, experience, and ego, and there's plenty of room out there for them as well. But, IMHO endurance events like IM and ultra races should have a strict cut-off time, and anyone participating or considering doing one it should understand that's part of the event.
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