The Sherb School of Self Motivaton

With my Half Ironman Triathlon coming up this weekend (See Why Sherb is a Moron, 8/18/06) I sent Arlo the below email to which he replied, "You really know how to motivate yourself, Sherb."

EMAIL TO ARLO:

Just for kicks I entered "triathlon death" in the ol' search
engine. You don't have to click on the links, nothing special.

56 y/o heart attack during swim:
story 1

49 y/o heart attack during run:
story 2

53 y/o body pulled from water, drowning:
story 3

Lots of other stuff about deaths caused by dehydration and
hyponatremia during marathons and tris as well.

Sure, these guys were all "old" but I'm sure they were all on
top of their game......at least until that "Oh shit. This ain't a good
feeling" moment.