Ken Rideout
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I'm like, oh my God, it's only like five miles to go.
And it's like, literally like, it would be like an oasis.
I'd be like,
oh shit, there's the finishing village.
Start running, get there.
It's an abandoned like, you know, nomad village.
We were in the middle of nowhere.
We'd see like sheep herders and stuff occasionally, just like a movie.
You'd see like guys herding goats and shit, but no, no man's land.
And, um, with a few miles to go, I fell down and, uh, cause I was like losing concentration.
Cause I was like delusional from like glycogen depletion.
And I fell down, I busted my arm open.
My arm is gushing blood.
My backpack rips, the whole strap rips off my backpack.
I'm like, oh my God, I'm not going to be able to finish this race.
I can't run like this.
It's a 20 pound backpack and one strap is missing.
I get to the finish line because the blood is all over me and I don't know I'm bleeding.
So I'm like touching my face.
I'm covered in blood and I get there and there.