Julie Moss - Ironman 1982

[@SpiritualStuntman]

I was a teenager when I saw this on TV. I told myself “I want to do that one day”. I’m 53, I completed 3 Ironmans. Thank you Julie♥️🙏🏼

[@xpfmx]

Matt - Similar story with me! Watched this as a teenager and wondered if I'd ever have the guts to try this. Like you, completed three IMs. 8^)

[@twothbeave]

Same! 10 in 11 hopefully in another 2 weeks. Kona in a few years!

[@xx_sanic_da_heg_hoge_xx420]

did you crap your pants too

[@christineforner1613]

Me too! I was 13 and getting close to doing #3

[@LG-Musique]

I’m late 30s and every year I say “I want to do that one day” 🤣 maybe once the kids are older

[@gregoryvanhalen]

I cry every time I watch this. This woman had some serious guts.

[@testfortester7131]

gregoryvanhalen she pooped them out

[@JoeC712]

Dripping down her legs.

[@7come11two]

I saw this live. It tore my heart out.

[@Monkowii]

Did you die?

[@7come11two]

@@Monkowii No. But it was sad.

[@Chipmunkapublishing]

The Ironman is so inspirational. The Ultimate Sporting Endurance event. This is how it became so famous. Talk about mental health empowerment. Well the bravery of these athlete is amazing. I am doing my first Ironman this year to honour this amazing sport and inspire myself to reach out to people in pain around the world and show them they can overcome their fears. Julie Moss ended up dating Mark Allen who won the event 6 times in Kona Hawaii.

[@salahudeenabduladl]

I remember seeing this live in the 1982. It was very moving, shocking, and ultimately inspiring.

[@billymckie3584]

Being once an endurance runner a good friend put this on my FB timeline. I will never forget that day or my friend, this video epitomises true human strength and spirit... Even better it's a woman...

[@NelsonStJames]

Just as moving now as it was that day. The human spirit is remarkable.

[@jonathansimon3237]

The story was that she was drinking a sports drink called "Exceed" and eating food, but she was not taking water. It wound up taking the fluid out of her body and dehydrating her. She crossed the finish line like 10 pounds heavier than when she started.

[@Urumbak]

Heavier or lighter?

[@LisaMarie53183]

I grew up watching my mom do Ironmans in the 80s and 90s and I definitely remember her drinking Exceed and collapsing every time 😂

[@RodmanRonaldo]

Thanks Mr Aldrich

[@EdwinChenLoo]

Very heroic effort. Anybody could end up that exhausted after an Ironman but she really perservered. Easy to say with handshight but perhaps if she had stuck to walking she wouldn't have fallen as many times and perhaps won the race.

[@bobbyc1120]

Yeah everyone was cheering when she started running but they should've had her pace herself.

[@UrrutiaTrip]

THIS IS THE BEST DETERMINATION I'VE EVER SEEN

[@davidklein7962]

I remember seeing this when I lived in Ohio back in 1982! This is unbelievable

[@woboin]

SYSK

[@TheAceman10]

I was there it was unbelievable Such an effort 👏👏

[@3abirsahara]

ماشاء الله القوة والعزيمة والتحدي.

[@Cilahinasha]

Não sei parabenizo ou digo que foi loucura. Porém, não tem como não se emocionar com o empenho dela para alcançar seu objetivo.

[@Lalfy]

Listen to the "Radiolabs" show "Limits". They interview Julie Moss and talk about this race and the science of limits.

[@testfortester7131]

Bill S. Preston, Esq. they played it on NPR today, it’s 2020

[@marcoslover2836]

que determinação...

[@GabeEdwards]

All of a sudden I feel like trying it too!

[@obscurelyvague]

"Gabe Edwards" I wish I could swim

[@Urumbak]

Try it in the woods walking the dog first. Then you'll know if you're ready to shit your pants in front of people and cameras

[@thejetdrvr]

Truely inspiring.

[@robbiemedica2652]

Jeez even mma is more humane than this, if a fighter was in this condition trying to get up, they wouldn't let them continue!

[@spenceringoglia125]

Amazing

[@cheshirepat30]

I'm also a RadioLab fan. You rock Julie!

[@ferruccio4531]

I listened to that radiolab episode just today.

[@artistoex]

Does anyone recognize the music?

[@justingirard4237]

Karate Kid

[@artistoex]

@@justingirard4237 Thanks for replying. You mean it's from the Karate Kid soundtrack (I didn't find it there), or is that the name of the artist?

[@kildersouza1623]

👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@sparkellism]

Amazing stuff, great to hear her speak so good-humoured on radiolab

[@paulsolon6229]

Toughness

[@Tylakk]

Wow, she totally pooped her pants! That's hardcore Julie! I definitely agree with the EPIC quality of this finish. Much respect, I would have collapsed in the bushes and probably died. /heard it on Radiolab also.

[@nikolasantonioni790]

WOW!!! J.M. Finish=Victory!

[@elpanek]

radiolab ftw. Amazing stuff

[@ferruccio4531]

I listened to that radiolab episode just today.

[@runswithscissorsalot]

"...be the same."

[@raseclabina]

?? how many miles was this?! was it 26.2? or?

[@ericglover5933]

Competitors swim 2.4 miles, bike ride 112 miles, then run a marathon 26.2 miles all in one day.

[@xuchan]

la dame qui a doublé Julie Mosse , devrait l'aider .. ajd on voit dans le règlement "Non-assistance à un concurrent en difficulté : Disqualification immédiate et retrait immédiat du dossard"

[@zzrsteve7934]

I remember watching this. Poor lady pooped her pants.

[@cacautantra_amapa]

2021♥️

[@devojane]

@caltom19 Yes.

[@gosuyun]

what is this about i dont understand

[@mikeoxhertz526]

Holy shit :(

[@Mani_Matter]

How mind-sick is that

[@PUEBLOPLUG13]

What a pooper,,, I mean trooper.

[@joepod]

She should have been disqualified for all the help she got at the end, people physically picking her up multiple times. It wouldn't at all have been fair to her opponent if she had won like that.

[@Kadofduty]

Ok joepod

[@angusfenton3667]

The IM competition rules specify assistance as forward progress. An argument could be made that as she walked the forward steps herself, it was fine. 'Section 2.02: Unless otherwise pre-approved by the Event Director or Head Referee, no athlete shall intentionally cause the physical forward progress of another athlete on any part of the course during the Race. The penalty for this will be disqualification.'

[@paulsolon6229]

Correct. It’s good she took second

[@marksmith4346]

Notice those first two guys helped her up and she jerked her arms away. I was glad that other lady passed her or they would have been forced to strip her win.

[@croweater3638]

She could have claimed spectator interference. She clearly pushed them away and did not request or consent to them touching her.

[@nonyabiz9487]

Never seen this before because I was born in 1982 however I been Moss many times in the many races Ive done in high school. USMC boot camp crawling on all fours with drill instructors beating us with batons telling everyone how worthless bottom dwelling scum they are. Later the DOD Fire Academy when I was crawling on all fours pulling a fire hose for 6 hours straight till i couldnt even crawl anymore and was just skidding my lifeless body across the water soaked ground in full bunker gear in 108 F degrees with loss of oxygen and chaos all around me as my only friends to keep me going.

[@paulsolon6229]

It’s not about you.