IM - The meltdowns, the people who built the brand?

kingQuez

A post for the month that's in it....

I think we need Justin Lee Colins to have a "Bring back the IM" show where he finds the people who made the brand so we know what happened next..

For me Julie Moss is the one that stands out..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbWsQMabczM

(And theres Sian Welch & Wendy Ingraham, Paula Newby Frazier's meltdown (ok, so easy enough to see where she went ))

I wonder how much of the IM brand is the event itself, or simply the collection of incredible efforts some people made being well covered and available to capture people's imagination.

I suspect without the collection of epic meltdowns the IM wouldn't have the draw it does.. for me the event being a race is secondary to seeing people really hurt and push themselves to their (individual) limits.

PWEI

Moss and the girl who beat her that day Kathleen McCartney are returning to Kona to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their race;


http://triathlon.competitor.com/2012/10/features/full-circle-kathleen-mccartney-and-julie-moss-return-to-kona_63148

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It just cracks me up every time i watch it. One thing is for sure you are bound to experience a whole range of emotions during an IM. A real mental as well as physical challenge.