I'm surprised no one has pointed out the helmet rule violation! ;-)

so when he's completed 12, does he qualify for the Ironman legacy program?

looks like that youngest one is a tough cookie. :) kids look like they're enjoying the journey.

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I think that very few people here have complete data, myself included; therefore, my opinion is based on what I have available (which is not non-existent due to the massive amounts of information stored electronically and available to anyone who wants to look). I think what he has done so far is VERY impressive, but that does not mean that I like the way that he is going about it. A lot of the sentiment reminds me of a co-worker who everyone (myself included) thought was such a nice guy. He is a good dad, and not a bad worker, and just seemed like a good guy. He tried to steal IP from our company and use it to get a job at a competitors company which would have put about 200 people out of work. My point is that feelings are fine, but data is very telling. Maybe my interpretation of the data is completely off. It would not be a first; however, I am quite good at solving a puzzle with extremely limited data. It may be ridiculous, but that does not mean that it is incorrect.

Stephen J

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True and that is what i would think also. Unless he's doing some sort of weighing every day or every few days, guess we'll have to wait and compare his pictures at the start vs at the finish. So far, I can't tell that he's lost any weight but then i'm just going off the few pics i've seen. I think it would make for an extremely interesting case study if he is actually weighing every day and tracking his approx caloric intake. However, i think this might be just too much to deal with on top of the raw physical effort and all of the logistics:)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Canada has a bunch of territories that don't have full provincial status. Province in our world is similar to State. Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, all are territories. Probably in a similar category to Guam, US Virgin Islands, Midway Island, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Northern Marianas etc etc. Hey if the Iron Cowboy steps it up and covers all US territories, then the dumbed down yet to be contested Canadian version would have to cover Yukon, NWT and Nunavut!

But hey, his event, his rules and if he decided the Canadian franchise needs to cover some frozen wasteland rich in minerals where nearly no one really lives, then that's the rules! But it seems you could do an indoor IM at the Canadian Forces Station in Alert (a classmate of mine unfortunately crashed a C-130 at that base, so I'd need to go do one there just to remember him)....it's the northernmost permanently inhabited place on earth and in Nunavut Territory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFS_Alert

10 provinces but in an area larger than the USA. From what I've mapped out, it's Ontario is ~1400 miles wide

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The recent pictures showing the kids and wife made a huge difference for me. It looks like they are doing fine. Or better than fine.
It looks like he got the most important parts of the planning right. I'm impressed.

Stopped Clock

i see a number of "plant-based food" references so i think he is a veggie to boot.

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right-o! so when are you going to do your All-Canada 13/13/13 or 10/10/10? :)

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so glad you had a good time! looks like they got outside for the run too. yay! you guys got a good deal on that storm. we had 2 days of it and lots of wood (not concrete) damage. aren't you the guy who lost a ton of weight? if so, good for you! keep it up! are you going for IMFL? if so, i think it is around the same date as COZ and i have had a horrific year healthwise and just started this month getting back in training. so it is never too late (well, actually that isn't true at all...) but good luck with that knee!

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If he's a true vegan, then i would think he's having to eat a higher volume of food, but obv he has figured out a way to get enough calories as he does not appear to be wasting away to nothing:)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Listen I'm just trying to have a little fun here. But this all did make me actually go to his website. Watched some videos. In the videos, he was very clear to only say "Iron distance triathlon" and "Full distance". So hey that's cool he can do what he wants.

But then of course his site says this:
“You can’t do 50 full Ironman 140.6 races 50 Days through 50 States - that is impossible”
YES I CAN, and I WILL.. Only this time I want to inspire the nation to join me.
So that tells me he is treating each day as a race. And well, sorry to say races have time cutoffs.

The RD determines the cutoff. He is the RD.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

If that is your rebuttal to an opposing view point, then I think that you may need to brush up on you debate skills. Would you also tell homeless people that they should stop wining and just go buy a house?

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So what gives you the "data" to call into question what type of father James is?
How do you assume that he "absent"
You assume that he is "not around for parenting"

I'm a lawyer. Sometimes you just let the other side talk, inform the judge there is no need for a response, and let him hammer the other side. Like in this case.

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Yes leading up to my 2nd half I was down 45 lbs from my starting weight. Then my wife and I had a new born.... and then I blew up my knee of all things in the garage at home. I literally felt and heard the instant it popped. So then I had knee surgery after avoiding and putting it off for almost a year at the advice of my doctor. I even tried a very hilly triathlon while injured at one point. My meniscus was torn in two places. Because the rest of my knee was in such good shape though and my legs so strong they had to pry the hell out of my knee to get in for the surgery. They literally had to use a machine and find the biggest strongest nurses to assist according to doc. The tears were also at the very back of the knee making them more difficult to get to. Because of all that recovery has been quite slow. So I put back on 22 lbs I didn't want in the past 18 months. Now I need to lose another 45 (the 22 I put back on plus another 23 or so) to be at what I feel is my ideal weight for IM. My ideal weight for my build will be in the 175 range. My IM plan starts officially Monday. I'm going to take a fat photo in my race singlet and probably take one every month or so until the race just to show what can be accomplished with planning and effort. Losing weight is 90-95% diet, but for me I'm a stress eater. So having a bum knee and not being able to run at all has been a bad thing. Meeting James yesterday was a little bit of an inspiration. For the next 30 odd days when I'm struggling with a workout, I can just think about the fact he is somewhere slogging through another full distance day and that will help.

Kathy, the IM grandma is pretty inspring too. Keep up the good work yourself. I should probably get me an Ironcowboy wristband to wear during the race to keep me from going to any dark places. Maybe you could market Irongrandma ones too?

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People like you are why I do not come to Slowtwitch on a daily basis.

well, you are QUITE the inspiration yourself. now about that grandma status, i do present myself as an old lady but if you want to survive in life, young son, you might want to stay away from calling old ladies grandmas. :) just like i can get down on my kids but don't (the general) you EVER say a mean word about them. :) AND my oldest is just turning 21 AND working on girlfriend #2 (religion issues) and NO BABIES IN SIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. :) (although TBH, it has been 13 long years without a baby and i do kind of miss them...)

i have 4 kg to go to race weight myself but that race weight is likely too high and i'd like to get down another 5, so i hear you on weight loss. mine was prednisone induced and dayum i've not been this heavy in YEARS. hard to believe how fit i was in january. keep going on and enjoy to that baby of yours!


great picture threat at the IC today with loads of pictures. i am a little FB-challenged so this is the best link i've got https://www.facebook.com/Ironcowboy

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I'm fascinated by this endeavor and amazed at its possibility. Much respect. But am frustrated by the continued "shouting down" of the so called "haters".
I don't see any haters. I see people expressing their opions of the chance of success and the way the whole process is being undertaken. It seems that predictions of failure or questioning the "rules" is not to be tolerated.
In many cases people just want to know what the rules are. If its not "17 hours", and its not "completing within the 24 hour day", and its "come back and do a little more swimming later", and its "lets do this part indoors"...while still an amazing achievement I think all the making up the rules as we go along does seem to water it down just a bit. I think many just want to know the parameters going into this thing. It gives it more validity.

Now I know that may not be a popular opionon on this thread, and maybe I'll be asked to leave, or someone will post a disrespectful meme because someone disagreed with it. But no one is hating, after all ths is the "prediction" thread, not the "kumbayaa, lets all hold hands and declare our undying everlasting praise for the IronCowboy" thread.

Races also have more than one competitor (amongst many other factors not present here).

These aren't races.

Inside again today.

So you don't like people who ask for the data/facts and make their own decision/opinion based on said data?

You must be in the liberal arts field.

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