Doing the Dance

We've seen Julie Moss, Chris Legh, and others collapse or struggle across the Ironman finish line. Greg Welch, in a stream-of-consciousness burst of writing that resembles an unintentional tribute to the late Hunter S. Thompson, calls it "doing the dance."

"You train for months on end to accomplish a goal we set ourselves for personal and athletic reasons, and then you get to dance across that Ironman finish line. But sometimes the dance ain't so pretty."