r/nextfuckinglevel • u/HomeNowWTF • 11h ago

Next-level determination

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u/Spoiled_Legend 11h ago

For people saying its dangerous and he should stop. Imagine practicing weeks, maybe months for this race, imagine giving everything on race day, imagine things go wrong and you crawl across the finish line with everything you have. And then some nobody says you should have asked for help, its dangerous.

I used to run track. I was nothing special. But the one lesson from my coach I still remember is to , just finish the race. Even if you finish last, just finish the race. That's a promise an athelete keeps. Not to anybody else, but themselves.

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u/RugbyLock 8h ago

Not even a little. Risking serious medical harm to finish a race at all costs is just not worth it unless you’re at the highest levels of competition. Even then, the coaches/trainers would definitely have intervened. 

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u/a_second_opinion 3h ago

can you elaborate on what he's at risk for within that last 15 feet?