“I’m not quitting. You’re going to have to make me quit or I’ll die swimming because I’m not quitting,' said triathlete Kyle Brown on Saturday during the Ironman World Championship.
Side effects of Lou Gehrig’s Disease made the swim nearly impossible, but Utah triathlete vowed to finish or die trying
They went down to beach at about an hour and a half into the 2.4-mile swim. Then to the ramp at two hours. Then they stayed there, as the cutoff time came and went, scanning.made it his final life’s goal Brown was already lying in a rescue kayak, pulled in after his legs began cramping from exhaustion. Hypothermia from too much time in the 65-degree water and too little body fat had made his body as rigid as a three-days-dead fish.“Do I have any other options?” the 52-year-old asked.Brown scanned his body and confirmed he’s not dead yet.
“So I looked at him and then I just rolled back into the water,” Brown said. “And then I said, ‘I’ll see ya!’”
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