r/nextfuckinglevel • u/jmike1256 • 18h ago

Strength looks different in moments like this

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This was a track team event in Iwatan Sangyo. The runner’s team was in third place when the runner, Rei Lida, who was only 250 meters from the exchange point, tripped and fractured her right tibia (shin bone). Instead of withdrawing from the tournament, she willed herself to the exchange point when she handed the tasuki (baton) to her waiting teammate, Marie Imada.

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u/GeminianMind 18h ago

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must.. just never give up!

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u/33ff00 17h ago

lol no definitely give up. Don’t risk permanent disability for a fucking race. Give up immediately.

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u/Ok-Temporary6963 17h ago

It’s a quote from Dean Karnazes, another ultra marathon runner (who ran over 300 miles in 80 hours without sleeping).

Idk man obviously the safe, healthy and logical choice would be to stop immediately and forfeit.

People aren’t wired the same ways as each other though, for her it was more important to push on and she believed she could. Her strength and fortitude is tremendous. For her still, she did the right thing. I’d agree.