American triathlon competitor Seth Rider has been working arduous to arrange for the Olympics in Paris this summer season. Nonetheless, as a result of a catastrophic failure by the nation of France, his coaching routine required extra than simply biking, working, swimming and weightlifting.
The 27-year-old triathlete stopped washing his fingers after utilizing the bathroom.
Rider’s uncommon tactic is a direct try and make himself weak to as a lot E. coli micro organism as doable. Significantly! He’s doing so in preparation for his dip within the the Seine, if it even occurs.
It has been unlawful to swim within the Seine river basin for greater than 120 years. Heavy rains overwhelm Paris’ infrastructure and literal sewage leaks into the water. The feces within the water carries micro organism, which creates unsafe situations.
France spent $1.5 billion to try to clear the Seine earlier than the Olympics. Efforts have been an epic failure.
Water high quality in/of the Seine not often handed any of the mandatory checks earlier than the Opening Ceremonies on Friday. Situations are even worse this week than they have been final. Consequently, open water swim apply was cancelled on Sunday and Monday. The lads’s triathlon was postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday in the course of the evening, which infuriated the athletes and left them to really feel exploited as “puppets.”
To make issues worse, it appears extremely unlikely that competitors will happen as scheduled on Wednesday, which signifies that competitors could be bumped to Friday. And that additionally appears inconceivable, which signifies that the Olympic triathlon could be minimize to a duathlon— simply biking and working.
All due to E. coli!
That is the place Rider’s coaching comes into the image. He is able to compete after months of intentional micro organism publicity.
“We all know that there’s going to be some E. coli publicity, so I simply attempt to improve my E. coli threshold by exposing myself to a little bit of E. coli in your day-to-day life.
It’s truly backed by science. Confirmed strategies. Simply little issues all through your day, like, not washing your fingers after you go to the toilet and stuff like this.”
— Seth Rider
It could be an actual disgrace if Seth Rider’s unsanitary habits went to waste, pun meant. Let’s hope that the Olympics figures this out earlier than Friday and permit the triathletes to compete within the triathlon!
