tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366100754472107764.post6099329991332815756..comments2023-05-31T06:26:02.170-04:00Comments on disaster magnet: Putting the Disaster Back in "Disaster Magnet": IM Lake Placid Race ReportAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864954914444548442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366100754472107764.post-78862324731209986842010-07-30T18:59:03.566-04:002010-07-30T18:59:03.566-04:00Ron, I am honored that you read my blog. You are a...Ron, I am honored that you read my blog. You are an inspiration and what you wrote means the world to me. I hope we meet someday so I can hug you in person.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864954914444548442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366100754472107764.post-68809767440497806082010-07-30T17:32:55.136-04:002010-07-30T17:32:55.136-04:00Last Sunday, only about 2,000 people in the entire...Last Sunday, only about 2,000 people in the entire world had the guts and determination to stand at the edge of Lake Placid and start an Ironman. <br /><br />I was thinking about you as I was running the San Francisco Marathon. I was also thinking about how I suffered my first DNF at this same race last year. I remembered how hard it was to hobble off that course and how I knew I would return to finish what I had started. I finished the race (my fastest mile split slower than your slowest - sigh) and started to think about you IMLP folks again.<br /><br />You’re an elite athlete who ran (no pun intended) into some trouble on the course and could not finish on THAT particular day. Guess what, you’re still an elite athlete. Matt Lieto didn’t finish IMCdA but he’s still a professional triathlete (he got to ride in an ambulance too btw). <br /><br />You didn’t quit the race. You push yourself to the edge and some smart people whose job it is to make sure you survived to race another day did the right thing by pulling you off the course.<br /><br />Take all the positives and negatives from the day, analyze it for a week then move on to doing what you do best (swim/bike/run).<br /><br />Oh, and your swim time? Insane!! <br /><br />There, you have now received your first pep-talk from a 16:45 Ironman (yes, I am THAT fast).<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />RonPunkRockRunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532411836716339642noreply@blogger.com