Or rather an IronMaiden! ;-)... I have a good friend from undergrad who been dabbling in marathons and trialthons for the past few years. In fact, she participated in a half Ironman a few yers ago when she was living in Hawaii.
Well, last weekend, she competed in and completed her first (and maybe her last) full IRONMAN!!!
For those of your who don't know, an Ironman is --- it is a 2.4 mi. swim • 112 mi. bike • 26.2 mi. run. So you swim across a lake, then ride your bike from like one city to another and then run a marathon! Whew! I am tired just typing it!
The lake was actually so choppy that they gave the participants, at the last minutes, the option to skip the swim portion and just do a duathalon but she elected to still do the swim. And, she did it! She completed her swim in 1 hour and 30 minutes, her bike ride in 7 hours and 28 minutes and the run in 4 hours and 42 minutes for a total of 13 hours and 53 minutes!!
This is so far out of my realm of conception! I am totally in awe! Congratulations, girl! You are amazing!
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Wait ... she ran a marathon in under 5 hours *after* all that other stuff?? Wow!
Have you checked to see if she has a navel? That just doesn't sound humanly possible to me!
WOW! Awesome accomplishment.
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