IMSG - DNF
Just a quick note in case anyone was wondering why my blip went off the map.
I got sick at mile 60 on the bike, but thought one good 'up chuck' would make me feel better, so I opted to try the 2nd loop. I made it just past the time tracker and unfortunately threw up again, so I knew at that point my day was shot. I went to the medical aid at mile 70 to get help and was transported back to the main medical area near T2. The staff there was great and gave me some type of wonderful pill to calm the nausea, just wish I had that while I was riding.
I wander over to the T2 area to see the runners take off and I saw Sheryl and Wei come through, while waiting for my g/f Susan to make it through to let her know my status. After catching up with her, I went back to the hotel to get clean up and then back to the finish line later that night to watch the finishers come through. I saw Wei and Tom B. finish while I was there.
Congrats to all who made it through!
Comments
Sorry you had a DNF. Looks like it was one hellacious course. I'm sure you will live to suffer another day!
John-it was a tough one, thanks for cheering us on-it was so nice to meet you and Susan. Best of luck with the rest of the season
Sheryl
Hi John
You are not Alone, this what happened to me, about mile 19 I got light headed and nauseous. By mile 40 I had vomited 3 times and by the third time I turned around I had a paramedic asking me if I was OK. I told them yes and that I needed a few minutes. They said they needed to take my vitals. I vomited again. I was unable to keep down any nutrient. My vitals apparently weren’t good as the EMT was saying to his partner to load me up. Wait....Load me up? For what? EMT said Sir we are going to the hospital. No I don’t need to go. I can’t go. My wife will freak if she hears I’m in the hospital. By the time I finished arguing with them I had lost over 45 min so I made the call to DNF
:-(
Rats! Sorry to hear the day turned sour but glad to hear you're both doing well. Like nemo said there were tons of DNF's at IMSG. We'll have to wait for the official results to be posted to look at the trends of the day that led to what preliminarily looks like a high percentage of DNF's. Do you both have other races on the schedule this year for some redemption?
John and Cervelo,
That truly stinks. Could it be possible that those swim conditions just threw the physical body off so badly, and all systems were effected? I certainly have no idea, but, man, something went wrong with lots of people. It had to place a role. Had to.
Easy to say, but live to fight another day. LIVE being the operative word. I'm sorry for your disappointment, truly, but very glad you are both OK to tell the story. Congrats always on the courage to take on the training, make the commitment, and toe the line.
:LP
Registration is still open if any of you want to add to the data points next year.
I just have a few olympics and maybe one IM relay that I have scheduled for the rest of this year as triathlons.
My main race focus now is the USMC marathon at the end of October, seeing how I haven't done a marathon yet!
I'm going to try and get into IM AZ for next year.
Best wishes to all of you in your events!
Cervelo,
I'm sure that your wife was more than supportive and understanding of the situation.
We just have to regroup and hit it again!
John