Kona DNF Files: 2019 Edition
What happened to the pros who didn’t finish?
Susan Lacke is a senior for Triathlete with more than a decade of experience covering all things swim, bike, and run. She is the author of the bestselling Life’s Too Short to Go So F*cking Slow and Running Outside the Comfort Zone. When she isn’t word-jockeying behind a laptop, she can be found sweating (and probably cursing) all over the trails of Arizona.
What happened to the pros who didn’t finish?
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