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The Quintuple Anvil Triathlon
Topic Started: Nov 1 2016, 12:37 PM (236 Views)
jon-nyc
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5 ironman-length races in 5 days.

703 miles of biking, running, and swimming.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/sports/virginia-quintuple-anvil-triathlon.html
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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Wayne Kurtz, who is considered the godfather of the so-called ultratriathletes, and seven others did 30 Ironman-length races in 30 days in Italy in 2013. He wrote about it in a book called “Stronger Than Iron.”


Now that's badass.
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Good ol' Lake Anna! Saved for later, thanks jon.
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jon-nyc
Nov 1 2016, 12:37 PM
5 ironman-length races in 5 days.

703 miles of biking, running, and swimming.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/sports/virginia-quintuple-anvil-triathlon.html


Jon, much as I admire your commitment and get-up-and-go, I'd like to suggest that you think twice. I don't think you're quite up to this. :mellow:
"How awful a knowledge of the truth can be." -- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
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jon-nyc
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Heh. I only barely had the stamina to read the article about it.
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jon-nyc
Nov 1 2016, 01:02 PM
Heh. I only barely had the stamina to read the article about it.

Maybe next year. :)
"How awful a knowledge of the truth can be." -- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
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I'm hoping by 2018 I might be able to watch it on TV. You know, with some rest breaks.
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jon-nyc
Nov 1 2016, 01:13 PM
I'm hoping by 2018 I might be able to watch it on TV. You know, with some rest breaks.
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