Dont Celebrate Too Early

[89th]

I saw this finish... and immediately thought, "weren't both of them technically running?"

[LuFins Dad]

Wow, is it me or do they look unhealthy?

[Mik]

Don’t count your chickens…

[Horace]

@LuFins-Dad said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:

Wow, is it me or do they look unhealthy?

Endurance athletes aren't optimized for overall health. Their constitutions take a beating. I'm sure they're healthy compared to the average person, but not compared to what they'd be if they didn't push themselves to the limit over and over for years.

[Copper]

No chickens for her

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:

I'm sure they're healthy compared to the average person,

I'm not. They get sick far more often and the symptoms are much more severe.

[Axtremus]

It seems to me one often has to sacrifice general health to some extent to be "the best" at anything. :man-shrugging:

[Horace]

@Axtremus said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:

It seems to me one often has to sacrifice general health to some extent to be "the best" at anything. :man-shrugging:

What about being the best at being generally healthy?

BOOM.

Pwned.

You will NOT soon recover from THAT one.

[taiwan_girl]

@89th said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:

I saw this finish... and immediately thought, "weren't both of them technically running?"

I think that they need to have at least one foot on the ground at all times.

[Horace]

@taiwan_girl said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:

@89th said in Dont Celebrate Too Early:

I saw this finish... and immediately thought, "weren't both of them technically running?"

I think that they need to have at least one foot on the ground at all times.

One foot on the ground, and one in the grave. Endurance athletes are cheating their own futures.