SapereAude Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/runner-crawls-across-the-finish-line-23309759 16 year old girl at championship race collapses from hypothermia, crawls across the finish line on hands and knees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDudeWow Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 It's sad that they had to make it out as some sort of sacrifice to the team and the coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapereAude Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 It's sad that they had to make it out as some sort of sacrifice to the team and the coach. That would be one way to look at it. Another way would be that she values her coach and teammates very highly. Much will depend on the sense of life the person hearing the story holds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) Great effort, but it's unfortunate for these kids that people still believe that long-distance running is healthy, or good for the heart. The evidence points to the contrary (1, 2). Edited December 4, 2010 by brian0918 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iudicious Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 It's sad that they had to make it out as some sort of sacrifice to the team and the coach. How did they do that? The closest they came to doing that was one of them saying that she was giving her heart, soul and body to the team. Obviously she was pretty damn dedicated to the race and her team, so I don't see any conflict with reality, or morality for that matter. Being dedicated to your team isn't "sad" when you're doing a team sport or whatnot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadkat Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Great effort, but it's unfortunate for these kids that people still believe that long-distance running is healthy, or good for the heart. The evidence points to the contrary (1, 2). It's probably true that insane amounts of cardio is not good for you, but cross-country races are not really comparable to marathons. 3.1 <<< 26. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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