I don't really know what to say about his article. That's not true. I think it's dumb. The article states that 15 out of 1,000,000 people have heart problems in a triathlon. The numbers me wonder wonder if 15 people out of one million wouldn't have problems anyway. And if they wouldn't have them because they weren't competing and training would the one million people who weren't active now have heart problems? I'm thinking that many, many more would have problems. Yes, people should get checked out by a doctor (I guess...) but what is the lasting effect of comments like that on the general public, much of which is sedentary? Then the writer goes on to add this bit, "It’s quite frightening - there are hundreds of people thrashing around. You have to keep going or you’re going to drown." It's called swimming. You have to do that in water or you will die. It's a pretty simple thing to understand. I'm sorry your parents didn't tell you important stuff like that when you were 5 years old. Exactly how old were you when you finally figured it out anyway?


Dumb.


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