Quote Originally Posted by Ritamarie View Post
I had teammates to consider, after all. I said I'd do the race, and come hell or high water, I was going to ride that race.
THIS is why I ran an additional 9.9 miles on a grade 2 sprain during a trail relay last Summer. Part of me regrets that move, since I've likely done some permanent damage to my ankle with that (and we weren't anywhere near any sort of team win, even had I not lost so much time with the fall and the hobbling), but had I dropped out our entire team of 6 would have been disqualified only a third of the way into the race.