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Hey guys,

I had a gig at a triathlon today. My console was set up at the starting point, which was near the sea. The triathletes were to start off by swimming 1500 metres, then proceed to cycle and run. Everything was going well, until I found out later that one of the athletes drowned half-way through his swim. Such a waste... he was only 42.

It was hard continuing after I came to know about it. I didnt think that with all the safety measures in place and the countless lifeguards patrolling the waters such a thing would still be possible. May his soul rest in peace. My heart goes out to his family members, who were probably there waving him goodbye just before he started. Sigh.
 
Posted Sun 02 Aug 09 @ 4:45 am
Oh, that's bad at 42yrs.

I had someone get rushed to hospital at one of my gig's once who later died, they were elderly though as it was her 50th wed anniversary I was covering.


 
Oh no. His spouse must have been devastated. What a way to go. On your wedding anniversary.

Hope i never have to witness something like this again. Nor any1 else.
 
thing is charlie 50 ain't elderly really, i can say that.... i'm 52, mind it takes just a little longer to get over a six hour shift finishing at 2am then it used to when i was a wee boy of forty, lol
 
Tayla wrote :
thing is charlie 50 ain't elderly really, i can say that.... i'm 52, mind it takes just a little longer to get over a six hour shift finishing at 2am then it used to when i was a wee boy of forty, lol


He said 50th wedding anniversary. :P

I reckon the couple woulda been in their 70s at least.
 
see it effects the eyes after a shift as well.... never noticed that before,

 
Yes, they had been married for 50 years so they would of been a lot older than you!
 
sorry charlie, me bad... eyesight, lol
 
Tayla, sorry to hi-jack here but how can I get a copy of that little laughing-man gif you got going up above. Could really use one at my karaoke shows.
 
Actually, I can bring it to my desktop but can't get it to open. Any help?
 
sorting it now for you bryan, give me a few mins please... apologies to original threader.
 
made an avi for you bryan go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz2CveBZx0Q can be used in clipbank, if you need it sharpened up i'll see what i can do for you.

put it in giga folder "smiley"

once again apologies djsonance
 
don't play that track anymore.........
 
djsonance wrote :
Hey guys,

I had a gig at a triathlon today. My console was set up at the starting point, which was near the sea. The triathletes were to start off by swimming 1500 metres, then proceed to cycle and run. Everything was going well, until I found out later that one of the athletes drowned half-way through his swim. Such a waste... he was only 42.

It was hard continuing after I came to know about it. I didnt think that with all the safety measures in place and the countless lifeguards patrolling the waters such a thing would still be possible. May his soul rest in peace. My heart goes out to his family members, who were probably there waving him goodbye just before he started. Sigh.



Wow, 42 and died during a rough swim! I'm 42 and I'm physically fit, go to the gym 4 to 5 days a week for at least 2 hours each day. This past May I had a Bass tournament at Lake Havasu. At the end of the tourney my 21 year old son and I decided to swim across the lake which is almost a mile at the point where we were. About 7/8th of the way I really thought I was going to die so I stopped for a minute. I was so exhausted that I could barely tread water, but I regained my breath and made it. I sent my son back across the lake to get my boat because it scared the sh!t out of me! (almost, anyway, lol..)

Being able to bench almost 400 lbs at my age and running at least 2 miles daily is no match for swimming regularly. Now I use that friggen Olympic pool I used to ignore at the gym!



DJ RuDe
 
ahhh so thats why you do videos in the shower rudde??? lol oops R.I.P....anyways he is in a better place now.
 

Being fit is never a "get out of jail free card" - not when you're pushing your body to its limits..., pushing your body to its absolute limits is always risky no matter what those limits are.
 


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