TRIATHLON is a sport where months upon months of planning and training is spent.  After all that work, most triathletes would rather die than not finish.  It is this fanaticism -this determination- that I find grotesquely inspiring .  In 1982, in first place position about 2 miles away from the finish line (after a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride, and almost a complete marathon), JULIE MOSS collapsed from dehydration.  She CRAWLED to the finish line to 2nd place.  She refused help and she swatted anyone away who wanted to take her off the course.

In 1997,  the championship ended with both SIAN WELCH and WENDY INGRAHAM battling for pride and a possible 4th place… on their KNEES.  Both spent the last 50 yards crawling and collapsing with Wendy winning.  As Sian was carried away, you could still hear her lamenting, “I tried!”

Oh yes, she did.

(Cut to about 1:04 to see where the crawl begins.)

Now if that doesn’t inspire you , here’s a picture of Ironman triathlete Lokelani McMichael.  How do they grow Hawaiians to be perfect, we’ll never know….

Hot asian ass-kicker!