Looks like James the Ironcowboy is down to his final two days of draft legal pool swimming with wetsuit, pack 180km riding and covering a full marathon on foot. It seems he found a safe groove for him that was repeatable daily. If possible it would be nice if this thread can focus on the athletic part.
Anyway, some of us were wondering if he goes for a fast 140.6 on his final day 100, or a victory lap? What are your predicitons. For those of us who have done stage racing or even long training camps, what are your thoughts on his ability to get to the start line daily.
I don't want to jinx him on day 99 and 100, so I will just say congrats for finding a repeatable cadence that works to get to the daily start line. I think for those of us trying to do decent volume, the number one challenge is making a repeatable system in our lives.
- I know some of you did the ST 100/100 running challenge and getting to 100 runs of 30 minutes felt like a decent athletic accomplishment.
- Only a few of us on here have done 3.8km swims daily for 100 days. That in itself, even in a draft is hard enough (even with a wetsuit).
- Sitting on the bike daily even deep in a pack for 5.5 - 6.5 hrs is not nothing and repeating it on the same loop for 100 days must be mentally taxing, not just for him but his friends who are coming out and putting their nose in the wind too.
- Finally imagine hiking a marathon a day for a week. This guy has been hike-shuffling-jogging 4200km over these 100 days. The most I ever ran in my life was 100 miles in a week just to say I did it (never again)
- I am not sure exactly when he eats and sleeps. He barely has 7 hrs after "today" to be back in the pool tomorrow. How does he even get his metabolism wound down to sleep on time
Anyway, some of us were wondering if he goes for a fast 140.6 on his final day 100, or a victory lap? What are your predicitons. For those of us who have done stage racing or even long training camps, what are your thoughts on his ability to get to the start line daily.
I don't want to jinx him on day 99 and 100, so I will just say congrats for finding a repeatable cadence that works to get to the daily start line. I think for those of us trying to do decent volume, the number one challenge is making a repeatable system in our lives.
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devashish_paul: Jun 8, 21 16:58