Thank you for posting this report. I think that it helps a lot of people, as they learn from your circumstances. It certainly has given me a lot of food for thought as I head to my first HIM (of 2 this year) and my first IM next year.

I haven't been in an IM, but I've completed a marathon with injury. I've also DNS (bronchitis) and DNF at the same marathon that I'm going to try to finally tackle this year. Fortunately my DNF was in the same year as the marathon I completed, so it wasn't as bad a blow.

Thanks,

N.