#triathlon

#triathlon

My first assignment at the 2016 Summer Olympics was to deliver a package. My second was to find a food mart that sold bottled water. I wasn't working the event, though. My "job" was being the parent of an Olympic athlete. My daughter, Gwen Jorgensen, was set to compete in the women's triathlon, and our family had flown from Wisconsin to Rio de Janeiro to support her.

One of the "craziest" training regimes an athlete can have is one that needs proper fuelling. But, in trying to carb-load to perform at the highest level, Britain's four-time world champion across a range of Ironman and triathlon disciplines says she was "actually poisoning" her body in the process. For years, Lucy Charles-Barclay had been dealing with stress fractures, joint pain and low energy - with no explanation for the symptoms.

He loved sport, not just watching it but entering competitions and pushed his limits in Iron Man and triathlons. His dedication and drive is part of what made him who he was. He also had enormous pride in diving. He lived his life with adventure and travelled far and dreamed big. His final illness took place in Turkey where he didn't expect his journey to end,

It starts with a tingle, a tremor, a sense that something is off. Dr. Sue Goldie doesn't recognize the symptoms at first. Maybe she ignores them, wishes them away. It is 2021. She is 59, in the prime of a long teaching career at Harvard. She has just immersed herself in the sport of triathlon. One coach notes something off with her running cadence. Another wonders why her left arm isn't fully lifting out of the water.

"It's been a bucket list race I've always wanted to do. I've done other races before... but nothing like this has ever happened."