Quote Originally Posted by Lise
I just finished watching the 2002 IM Championship DVD, with tears streaming down my face, of course. I am so tired--started a call shift last night at 10 PM, kept going until 5 PM, with a nap from 10-11 AM. Sometimes my job is like that. I'm going to bed soon, but hanging out on the couch with a bowl of pasta, watching people finish Kona, it's not Tim DeBoom and Peter Reid that make me cry. It's the fireman who ran for the firefighters who died in 9/11, the woman who ran 2 weeks after a miscarriage, and all the people whose stories we won't know. People like our own Running Mommy, like everyone on this board who's ever finished a tri. So it got me thinking...why do you love it so much?

L.
You work SO HARD!

Yea, everytime I see something about the Ironman... I cry too. Especially for the ones who are finishing at the back of pack. Sure, the pros are cool to stand in "awe" of... but they aren't "human" to me. I have a tons more respect for the "normal humans" who finish.

When I heard RummyM. made it... I cried.