Tag: perseverance in sports
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Ten Times the Distance The Deca Ironman Triathlon — Monterrey, Mexico November 7–25, 1992 Some races test your strength.Others test your will. The Deca Ironman tested whether a human being could keep going long after the body had forgotten how. But Ted didn’t arrive in Monterrey as a newcomer to suffering. He had been building…
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Swimming — The Sport Ted Refused to Let Beat Him Ted Epstein had striking light blue eyes — the kind most people never noticed because they were usually hidden behind thick glasses. And those glasses were exactly why swimming terrified him. But triathlons don’t care about fears. When Ted signed up for a quarter triathlon…