To my surprise, there's been very little discussed or posted yet in regards to Nick Hollon's heart aneurysm in the last 2 seeks. I know most of LRC lol's at Ultras because they're too narrow minded to respect the specific challenges of the sport. I knew he had an extensive background and is pretty young, 27 I think? I am intrigued to hear more of this story. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Never heard of the dude - do you have a link or something? If people will just post a link on some of these lessor known dudes I'll click on it, otherwise I'm not going to go search for some dude I've never heard of. ?
Inquiring minds want to know wrote:
Never heard of the dude - do you have a link or something? If people will just post a link on some of these lessor known dudes I'll click on it, otherwise I'm not going to go search for some dude I've never heard of. ?
Well said.
OP- if you're going to whine, at least post a link. You didn't even spell aortic correctly.
Holy crap!
I know Nick and had no idea.
Guy and is an absolute blast to hang out with. One of the funniest people I have ever met.
Heck of a ultramarathoner. I think he's still the youngest finisher of Arrowhead 135, HURT 100, Badwater 135 and is one of the few (15?) finishers of the Barkley Marathons.
Fan of life, running, all of the above wrote:
To my surprise, there's been very little discussed or posted yet in regards to Nick Hollon's heart aneurysm in the last 2 seeks. I know most of LRC lol's at Ultras because they're too narrow minded to respect the specific challenges of the sport. I knew he had an extensive background and is pretty young, 27 I think? I am intrigued to hear more of this story. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
People aren't discussing him because as you pointed out, most of us don't care at all about ultras, so we have no idea who you are referring to.
It doesnt make his health issues less scary for him and his family, it just means to us he is a completely random person. It is like if a comptetitive ribbon dancer had a ruptured spleen, you wouldnt hear us discussing it.
Typical whiner wrote:
Inquiring minds want to know wrote:
Never heard of the dude - do you have a link or something? If people will just post a link on some of these lessor known dudes I'll click on it, otherwise I'm not going to go search for some dude I've never heard of. ?
Well said.
OP- if you're going to whine, at least post a link. You didn't even spell aortic correctly.
That's my point genius..there isn't anything being discussed but it's on his IG..dude could have blown up and died at 27 and you post this nonsense? It never fails to amaze me with the pure ignorance on these message boards. Yeah, take 2 seconds and google his name..you'll be humbled by much you haven't done.
...really? wrote:
Typical whiner wrote:
Well said.
OP- if you're going to whine, at least post a link. You didn't even spell aortic correctly.
That's my point genius..there isn't anything being discussed but it's on his IG..dude could have blown up and died at 27 and you post this nonsense? It never fails to amaze me with the pure ignorance on these message boards. Yeah, take 2 seconds and google his name..you'll be humbled by much you haven't done.
Yeah...but it takes
i spoke with him two weeks ago at a local race where his wife was running. he was in good spirits, saying his surgery went well and he’s just walking right now. the dr said he’s expecting to make a full recovery.
that said don’t get upset and expect anyone to know who he is. ultras aren’t big and he’s not extremely well known by the majority. his biggest accomplishment would be finishing the barkley which is an extremely obscure “race” to begin with. unless you’re local to sd and follow ultras extensively, i highly doubt the majority known who he is.
all in all i’m glad he’s expected to make a full recovery. he looked healthy and well.
NH the youngest finisher of the Badwater135.
Last time I checked he was hard at work maybe too hard.
Glad he's doing better. I wonder if he kept a journal?
A written one because that can reveal lots.
I found out when I picked up distance swimming (2 miles),
I acquired a taste for Jolly Ranchers. Well about a year
after indulgences on those (sugar) may have exacerbated
my Graves disease. So it's good to keep a journal and
note little things like that, haven't touched a JR since then.
Good luck Nick.
eyes wrote:
i spoke with him two weeks ago at a local race where his wife was running. he was in good spirits, saying his surgery went well and he’s just walking right now. the dr said he’s expecting to make a full recovery.
that said don’t get upset and expect anyone to know who he is. ultras aren’t big and he’s not extremely well known by the majority. his biggest accomplishment would be finishing the barkley which is an extremely obscure “race” to begin with. unless you’re local to sd and follow ultras extensively, i highly doubt the majority known who he is.
all in all i’m glad he’s expected to make a full recovery. he looked healthy and well.
Great to hear..I saw this too on his IG and thought, OMG! Scary stuff but that's great to hear he is on the mend.
...really? wrote:
Typical whiner wrote:
Well said.
OP- if you're going to whine, at least post a link. You didn't even spell aortic correctly.
That's my point genius..there isn't anything being discussed but it's on his IG..dude could have blown up and died at 27 and you post this nonsense? It never fails to amaze me with the pure ignorance on these message boards. Yeah, take 2 seconds and google his name..you'll be humbled by much you haven't done.
Still whining, I see...
Typical whiner wrote:
Still whining, I see...
If fukctards like you really don't care, then you should just pass on through.
still a dickwad I see wrote:
Typical whiner wrote:
Still whining, I see...
If fukctards like you really don't care, then you should just pass on through.
It's quite obvious that not many of us really care about the facade that is ultra-running, actually. I find it so strange that with all your whiny posts, you still failed to post a link. I bet you have your fuel belt stocked, trucker hat of the day on, and hokas ready to rock though! Go get em, tiger!
Typical whiner wrote:
still a dickwad I see wrote:
If fukctards like you really don't care, then you should just pass on through.
It's quite obvious that not many of us really care r!
Yet, you have posted 3 times on this thread. Why is that?
I haven't posted about it or wasn't anyways because it seemed pretty serious or personal. When I saw it when it came out I thought perhaps he'd never run again and didn't want to jinx it by paying too much attention to it.
Knowing he's expected to make a full recovery is great.
He was training or working out pretty hard in the last few years, chasing obstacle races to win, some other even more extreme races and talked about max effort weightlifting etc.
Anybody know how Nick is going?
Bump.
He's doing well. Great guy, great coach. He's taking a step back from ultrarunning at the moment after another Barkley attempt this year, more due to mental issues than physical, there was a NYT article about him and some of his struggles with BPD recently. Not a completely accurate article, would recommend going to his IG for some clarifying details. His surname is now de la Rosa and posts fairly regularly on IG.
The real question is: how did this guy get the Covid vaxx in/before 2018?