Cograts to IC for hitting 50x140.6 of draft legal triathlon in 50 days. He just did that yesterday. The guy has gotten up for 50 days in a row, rain or shin, put his wetsuit on, did 43x100yard in the pool drafting other athlete/s, gotten on his bike and done and 112miles draft legal riding through miserable Utah temps, then put on his shoes and jog/hiked 26.2 daily. Some days he went really late and completely ate into his rest interval for starting the next day, but got out of bed and to the start line of tomorrow's stage and tomorrow's stage and tomorrow's stage.
It occurred to me that during a pandemic, when the rest of us are talking about when we can get to race, Ironman's deferral policies, public health limitations on even local racing, what parts of the world we can get to to race or not, this guy created his own mega stage race, with a daily 140.6 race against himself to get home fast enough so he has enough rest before starting the next day.
I know there is a massive thread on it, but most people won't even realize he got to 50 days in a row, so it, s worthy of its own thread. In this thread, I am starting off on giving him congrats for the physical feat he achieved, describing somewhat accurately the format of his event (or his use of IV's) so if we can stay away from debating if this is an Ironman or not, that would be great (there is another thread for that).
I think the accomplishment is pretty amazing from a persistence angle. For a while it was looking dicey, but there have been no ellipticals and no shortcuts from his self declared format (that I am aware of). His times seems to be coming down in general and maybe he has hit a groove that he can carry this to 100/100.
For those who have done the ST 100/100 (and that is only 30 min jogging per day, not 14-18 hrs of exercise per day), I am sure you can relate to the sense of relief when you hit 50 days and had established your personal groove and felt you could pull off the next 50 days. I wonder how he is feeling right now.
Congrats to IronCowboy on 50.
It occurred to me that during a pandemic, when the rest of us are talking about when we can get to race, Ironman's deferral policies, public health limitations on even local racing, what parts of the world we can get to to race or not, this guy created his own mega stage race, with a daily 140.6 race against himself to get home fast enough so he has enough rest before starting the next day.
I know there is a massive thread on it, but most people won't even realize he got to 50 days in a row, so it, s worthy of its own thread. In this thread, I am starting off on giving him congrats for the physical feat he achieved, describing somewhat accurately the format of his event (or his use of IV's) so if we can stay away from debating if this is an Ironman or not, that would be great (there is another thread for that).
I think the accomplishment is pretty amazing from a persistence angle. For a while it was looking dicey, but there have been no ellipticals and no shortcuts from his self declared format (that I am aware of). His times seems to be coming down in general and maybe he has hit a groove that he can carry this to 100/100.
For those who have done the ST 100/100 (and that is only 30 min jogging per day, not 14-18 hrs of exercise per day), I am sure you can relate to the sense of relief when you hit 50 days and had established your personal groove and felt you could pull off the next 50 days. I wonder how he is feeling right now.
Congrats to IronCowboy on 50.