The part of me that's a hockey fan thinks that this is amazing, and the part of me that gets light sensitivity headaches seven years after suffering a severe concussion thinks that this is nuts: last week, NHL.com's Adam Kimelman reported that former Philadelphia Flyer Ian Laperriere was pulling out of an Ironman Triathlon because he'd crashed his bike and suffered a recurrence of the post-concussive symptoms that forced him to retire.

On Sunday evening, Pro Hockey Talk's James O'Brien found that Lapierriere had completed the triathalon after all. Per PhillyBurbs.com's Wayne Fish:

When he crashed his bicycle while training for his first Ironman triathlon a couple weeks ago, former Flyer forward Ian Laperriere wasn’t even sure if he would be able to compete in the Mont-Tremblant (Quebec) event.

He had experienced a recurrence of the concussion symptoms which forced him to retire from the NHL in 2012.

But Sunday, Laperriere was good to go and go he did, completing the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run in 12 hours, 11 minutes and 55 seconds.

I sure hope that he was "good to go" in a method that didn't re-trigger his post-concussive issues.