Gordon Ramsay Drops Out of Ironman Mid-Race
Gordon Ramsay contemplates life and marathons (Facebook)
He’s known as quite the tough guy on Hell’s Kitchen, but Gordon Ramsay was out-toughed over the weekend at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii. Ramsay completed the first portion, a 2.4 mile ocean swim, without incident. He then moved on to the second portion, a 122 mile bike ride, which is where things went south.
According to a post he wrote on Facebook, Ramsay “threw up several times and wasn’t able to keep anything down.” He pushed on to the final part of the Ironman, a marathon, but had to drop out before finishing.
Hi guys, didn’t happen this year. During my bike ride I threw up several times and wasn’t able to keep anything down, making me dehydrated. I thought I’d be able to push through the marathon, but my body just shut down. Thank you to the IRONMAN medical staff who assisted me as well as to the Hawai'i Police Department. Thanks again for all your support and a big congratulations to the all of this year’s participants. I will be BACK !!!! Gx
Ramsay previously finished the Ironman in 2013 in a respectable 14 hours. Not bad for a celebrity chef.
