Hey guys I dont know if this is very suitable for elite; BUT I just recently read a story of a woman triatholon championship from Hawaii in 1981... "With only one hundred yards left between her and the finish, Moss fell to her knees. She then rose, ran a few yards and collapsed once again. As TV cameras rolled, she lost control of her bodily functions. She got up again, ran, fell, and then started crawling. Passed by the second place runner, she crawled across the finish line, stretched out her arm, and passed out..." Here is the link to the video on ABC's website... http://espn.go.com/abcsports/wwos/40thconstant.html# the video is on the bottom right handside I for one found the video and story to be extremely uplifting...