Semper Fit

“The sores from chafing are so bad you will think nothing of tugging open your shorts and squirting in ointment in full view of strangers. There is no modesty here; they seem to understand. Actually, no. They don’t really understand. They are not competing in this race. And nobody not competing in this race understands.” The NYT’s Randal C. Archibold takes you to the Quintuple Anvil Triathlon — five Ironman-length races in five days — where the key question is: How much suffering can you take? (That seems like a good segue into the latest election news.)