376 Ironman Dropouts ‘Did Not Fry’

Triple-digit temperatures and a swarm of angry bees did not deter 1,335 athletes from completing Ironman Coeur d’Alene 2015. There were 1,711 hopefuls who started the triathlon Sunday morning, and by the 11 p.m. cutoff, 376 had dropped out. A total of 2,012 athletes registered for this year’s Ironman Coeur d’Alene, significantly fewer than in previous years. In 2014, 2,466 athletes registered. Ironman finishers must swim 2.4 miles, bicycle 112 miles and run another 26.2 miles. This year, they did most of it in 100-plus degree heat. “The number of DNFs was higher than normal but was not the highest we have had at a race,” Ironman spokesman Dan Berglund told The Press Monday. DNF is an acronym for “did not finish.” Pawel Kozlowksi, a triathlon enthusiast in New York, tweeted a different definition of DNF for this year’s Ironman Coeur d’Alene: “DNF=Did Not Fry”/ Maureen Dolan , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .

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