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Saturday, 20 November 2010 04:00

By Bonnie Siegel

When I was released from the ICU and cleared to go down to the regular part of the hospital, I asked the nurse if I could walk there instead of laying on the gurney. With guarded approval, the staff watched as I gingerly got out of my hospital bed and slowly made my way to the elevator, two IV's and a heart rate monitor in my wake. When I arrived on the 5th floor the welcoming nurses said they had never seen anyone walk down from ICU.

"Triathletes tri harder." I said with a smile.

As triathletes we push ourselves harder than 99% of the general population. We swim in lakes that harbor Lochness monsters ...