TdF

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But which? Who? Whole thing or just one stage?

I’ll go to kick it off:
For me the back to back Obree hour record attempts over 24ish hours. Try, fail, sleep and eat cornflakes and drink water and piss all night, do it again....succeed. Something about the doing it twice is just nuts.

Whole thing.

If it has to be a one day event, I’d go olympic marathon, or Paris Roubaix.

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At first I thought the question was to witness any moment in endurance sport history and my answer would be to see Yiannis Kouros win the first Spartathlon in 1983.

Not sure how well known his story is so I’ll indulge for a bit...

It’s a 153 mile/246km run from Athens to Sparta and on its first year in 1983 Kouros came out of nowhere to obliterate the field and go on to become the greatest ultra runner in history.

He ran it 4 times and each of those times are the fastest 4 in the history of the race, with nobody coming within hardly 2 hours of his time including greats like Scott Jurek. He has held just about every world record from 100 miles to 1,000+ miles and still holds half a dozen records which have stood since the 80s.

The 545 mile 5-day Sydney to Melbourne run literally had elite pros starting an entire day ahead of him even during the peak of ultra running in the 80s-90s and he still won easily.

To witness his first big race before even he knew what was ahead would be incredible.

There is a really good 1-2 hour vid on YouTube with actual footage of him running, if anyone is interested.

Paris Roubaix

Alpe d' Huez

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First ascent of Everest.

Olympic Marathon. Specifically Frank Shorter's win in 72. That's what started all this for me. Suddenly it was cool to be skinny.

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Track 1500m at Olympics.

Great question. I'm looking forward to seeing peoples answers.
I can't choose. My top three.
Winning on the Champs-Elysees. Crowd/history/competition
Running the world record in the marathon. Running really fast/efficiently for long periods of time is super fun. That pace would be awesome.
Winning the grand final to win the entire series. Ideally on a course like this year, or a leeds/bermuda style course.

Win 200, 400, 800, and 1500 free at one Oly.

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Being Jason Lezak in 2008 for 100m free relay race

Break 2 hours in the Olympic marathon and win gold

I think you just made the best pick James. Lost my voice that final 30meters.

I'd be right alongside Mark Allen and Dave Scott in the Ironwar - the three of us duking it out!

For me, definitely swim the channel

For me, I would think it would have to be an event that had all the emotion put into a single day and single outcome. For me anything that doesn't fit in to a single day has too much carry over of emotion that devalues it IMHO.

Pete Jacobs 2012 win as depicted in the NBC broadcast was pretty epic - to feel that emotion would be surreal. For me, the diversity of triathlon thru the swim, bike, and run is awesome. I just can't imagine the hour record doing much for me, nor the TDF. Various Olympics event would be up there as well but it would depend on which event.

When I think back to Gwen and Nicola I just think... "wow, where else do you see a sport where both athletes come to a stop knowing that too much cat and mouse could cost them both." To be in either one of those athletes' minds at the point would have been incredible. ITU/Olympic triathlon really embodies that idea about team work until it is not, when it becomes every man, women, and child for themselves. Triathlon isn't the only tactical sport, but some level of tactics would definitely make the experience feel that much more rewarding.

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- Ali Brownlee during the 2012 London Olympics
- Phelps winning 8 golds during the 2008 Beijing Olympics with 7 WR's and 1 OR
- MvdP winning the Amstel Gold this year

If I could take their place at those moments, gladly

 

Saroni beating Lemond and Kelly in a sprint, 1982 Worlds, Goodwood.

Kelly descending the Poggio in 1992 to win MSR.

Tchmil riding off the front in Paris - Roubaix, 1994.

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I'm gonna cheat a little bit and claim the 800m leg of the heptathlon as an Endurance sport moment. It is a 2 day event, after all.

Jess Ennis 800m London 2012 heptathlon. Close 2nd, Jess Ennis 100m hurdles London 2012 heptathlon - what a feeling to get off to the best possible start with a time that would have won individual GOLD in the SPECIALIST event at 8 of the 10 games since the discipline was introduced (Munich 1972). That performance, under the pressure of being the UK Olympics poster-girl at a home games. Man that must have been a buzz. Ok, I know I'm cheating a bit.

A more proper endurance event - Laura Kenny 2012 Omnium. Having won the team pursuit and then going out and snatching an individual Gold in the Omnium by one point in the 500m TT final (sorry Sarah Hammer). Taking that and then being able to celebrate track side with your family and teammates, in a home games. What a moment.

Cheers,
Rich.

Entering a full stadium at the end of the Olympic marathon in the lead would be utterly spine-tingling I think. Do they still organise it so that happens these days?

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29 years and counting

one of the greatest moments in [american] sport

I chose poorly. I'll change it up.

I remember Michael Johnson's golden shoes at the Olympics: this was exciting on home soil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ9cBQANjiw

Great question.

My first thought, like a few others, is “Win Paris-Roubaix!”

Then I wondered why I would rather do that than win the TdF.

Do our answers reflect “who” we want to be as much as the achievement that could result from being “that” person?

For example, does the dream to win Paris-Roubaix mean that I would want to be ultimately tough, gritty, a great bike handler, powerful, strategic, a real man’s-man in some way that is different than or transcends being a “mere TdF winner”?