Johnbarrowmansbitch
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@ the facial expressions of the people standing behind him.
Having been a long distance runner and a triathlete myself, I can tell you - it happens.
Fortunately, it never happened to me.
It is quite possible to push the body so hard that one cannot totally control what happens.
Just Google 'Julie Moss' (Ironman 1982) or 'Gabriella Anderson-Schiess' (LA Olympics 1984, IIRC) to see what people will go throught to try and get to the finish line. That said, probably the most famous instance is Dorando Petri in one of the very early (1908?) Olympic Marathons.
After you have spent months of hard core training - and put your body & soul on the line in the race itself - for some people, 'not finishing' is just not a option.
You have to be (or have been) a committed athlete to understand...
