I just find that upsetting. Yes it was courageous but I can't see pride in that. He was clearly not in a state to make a sensible decision, and who knows what longer term damage he could have caused himself. I'm with you that he should have been pulled out...
Should have pulled the plug and got him off the course. Seems to be in a right mess. Why the urgency to get him onto a stretcher, when they've just stood and watched him for 3 minutes?
What in heavens name is the point of having marshals or first aides if they don't intervene with a runner in that state; that's horrendous. As for the other runners, they should be ashamed of themselves. It's not the slopes of Everest, you're not going to die by stopping to help someone else.
Okay I'll bite! Was he really in any danger, other than being run over? He clearly wasn't having a heart attack or anything. As to the other runners - it's a race, in a cross country you are trying to get points for your team. I'd stop if someone was in medical need, but not if they've just overcooked it and gone off too fast. Quite how you can reach that point in a 5k I'm not really sure.
I would imagine he was saying he didn't want help - it did look like one guy (out of all the many who ran past, round and pretty much over him) did try to offer help - but yeah, he was hardly in a fit state to make that decision.
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