[dude]

ST war richtige boese am Ende, als es mit der Karriere vorbei war. Kein Wunder. Der Tect scheint mir eine gute Art der Verarbeitung.

DAS ist schoen:

"My two victories from 1982 and 1985 had faded on paper and in collective memory, politely acknowledged in some cursory nod from well-wishing back-in-the-day types. "

"The ideal of becoming an Ironman is not unlike an addiction to something we submit to. We talk about the grand benefits of endurance sport--self-awareness, personal challenge, the chance to rise above the white noise of modernity--but it mostly comes down to our desire for love, to be more than simply accepted. Heroes are loved. In somebody’s eyes, an Ironman finisher is always heroic.

Somehow, we carve out the costs and the pain and suffering under that guise that we will somehow stand taller after that sprint down Alii Dr."