When training, Fripon will NOT stop drinking. Puddles. Streams. Water running across the road. Listen to the slurping noises and watch him sticking his tongue out 🙂 . At races? He’s too excited to stop. . At the European Championships, my crew tried everything to get him to drink — but he just wanted to GO. In the clips you see them offering water… and Fripon saying “no time for that!”. . Luckily the organisers placed large troughs on course, and Fripon drank well from those — but only if no ot