Agree to disagree Olu. The gist of what most "naysayers" said is that this challenge is impossible for mere mortals. This includes US! You yourself agree. Whether it's cool that she's attempting this or not is up for debate, but the implausibility is NOT in my opinion. Ego has nothing to do with it. What she proposed is impossible for her. Period. My reaction is the same as it would be if my 40 year old neighbor announced he was trying to become a pro golfer. Sincere hopes for success but deep skepticism.

I must be missing something, but what endurance results are you seeing that lead you to believe she'd be anything more than a MOP triathlete at best? Athlinks looks mediocre at best but may be missing some recent results?

Well I do think it's ego(s) and the arrogance that only 'we' know what a REAL triathlete is. Based on the ENDURANCE events she's done, I bet she'd beat most of the naysayers here in a single Ironman. Do I think she can finish 50? Without SERIOUS support I doubt it, but it'll be fun to watch. I think she'd have a better chance if she didn't start in Haiti and if she started in cooler parts of the country first. Time will tell...

Do you think she will succeed? Yes or no.

No, but

No, but I'm not sitting around betting on when she might fail with reasons for that failure in quotes. That's obnoxious at best.[/quote


I love it. This thread has it all.
Im definitely in the obnoxious camp...
Where does that leave you?

I have a 10K swim riding on her failure and I'm okay with the IV bags. I'm okay with a lot of stuff just not a lack of completing the actual distance on each day

Updated List!

50 Days Ironmans DEADPOOL

DAY REASON SLOWTWITCHER

0. Quits on 8/7 (the day before officially starting) due to “Sherpa issues”. - Skyline Chili
1. Doesn’t actually Do a full Ironman - RBR, Windschatten
4. Due to a mechanical issue (van, bike, shoes, equipment) - Twinkie, lschaan, Sanuk
5. "Illness" like the flu, not sports related - chxddstri
5. Falls so far behind time wise that she either doesn't start day 6 or has to bastardize her plans to keep going. - Chuy
6. Dehydration issues - ZenTriBrett
13. Lays the bike down due to exhaustion. - alexer03


What about IV bags? Is she disqualified for that?

Everything else is just hot air. Stop whining and get off your high horse.

I'll take day 8 due to "friction related issues" : blisters, saddle sores etc. Hot conditions, long days and a lack of time for hygiene are going to sink this thing.

Am I missing something? Cause so many of you guys have declared this impossible to finish. But it looks like James Lawrence did it back in 2015. So it isn't impossible. Oh wait, it's just that a girl can't do it? Is that what we are supposed to take away from this thread? I agree that a majority of people here are being obnoxious. It's a shame to see athletes from our community lowering themselves to such a level.

I want day 9 - kidneys. Can't balance hydration and nutrition and keep kidneys functioning properly.

I also want in on day 8. I think she'll have skin failure.

Should have included it in my original post. My bad...

https://www.redbull.com/...ns-50-states-50-days

I believe James took at least 1 day off and made use of elliptical machines in place of running at least a few times. What he did is still damn impressive but I stand by my prediction that 50 real 140.6 triathlons in 50 states in 50 days is impossible for mere mortals.

I'm not speaking of races, but other challenges she's done. She ran 230 miles in 3 days and biked 65 hours in 2 weeks. So she's had time in the saddle and time on the feet. I'm a mid 10 hour Ironman finisher and I know I couldn't do that much running. The biking while possible wouldn't be fun either.

If anyone is interested, this appears to be her Strava account:

https://www.strava.com/athletes/32231287


In recent weeks it says she put in over 50 hours one week and over 30 hours the other. This is during a period that she was doing some sort of cycling challenge, but it seems like she recorded it with two different devices on many rides and uploaded both as it has her doing the ride with herself with slightly different distances, so maybe halve those hours and miles.


Anyway, if she uploads data during her attempt, this appears to be where to track her.

chuy wrote:

[ Is it too late to change my prediction to day 3 falling far behind she doesn't start day 4 or bastardizes her plans?

Well I do think it's ego(s) and the arrogance that only 'we' know what a REAL triathlete is. Based on the ENDURANCE events she's done, I bet she'd beat most of the naysayers here in a single Ironman. Do I think she can finish 50? Without SERIOUS support I doubt it, but it'll be fun to watch. I think she'd have a better chance if she didn't start in Haiti and if she started in cooler parts of the country first. Time will tell...