Iron Man

AlbertSchwartz
AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
edited September 18 in Health and Weight Loss
Ok, maybe, i'm getting a little ahead of myself, but whith all this excersise has one one else thought of doing something like that?

Iron man, the 3 in one compertition, 1 million mile swim, million mile bike ride and 1 million mile run, something like that anyway :tongue:

Al

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  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    Ok, maybe, i'm getting a little ahead of myself, but whith all this excersise has one one else thought of doing something like that?

    Iron man, the 3 in one compertition, 1 million mile swim, million mile bike ride and 1 million mile run, something like that anyway :tongue:

    Al
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    Hmmm, I think I could walk a few miles, go shopping and then go have a skinny drink with Ali!!! :wink:
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    hehe,

    I just read an Ironman site and it starts with a 1.2 mile swim in the sea, then goes straight in to a 56 mile bike ride and finishes with a 13.1 mile run. Any takers?
  • Healthier_Me
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
    hehe,

    I just read an Ironman site and it starts with a 1.2 mile swim in the sea, then goes straight in to a 56 mile bike ride and finishes with a 13.1 mile run. Any takers?
    yowza!!:noway:
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    Well, that would definitely be the ultimate test of how fit we get wouldn't it???

    LOL Can you imagine all of us eventually meet up at a MFP Iron Man Challenge????
  • Healthier_Me
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
    Well, that would definitely be the ultimate test of how fit we get wouldn't it???

    LOL Can you imagine all of us eventually meet up at a MFP Iron Man Challenge????
    Now, that would be awesome!
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    Now, that would be awesome!

    ok so Healtherier_Me is in, anyone else? lol
  • barracudamuscle
    barracudamuscle Posts: 313 Member
    I tell ya what, being I value my life at this point and have already almost drown once in my life ( Thank god for the life gaurd, too bad it didnt go down like Baywatch, but hey the GUY saved my life! ) I'll follow you from the air and drop you some water, some cliff bars, the occasional 50/50 mix of gatorade and vodka (oops old h.s trick) to keep you going.

    Actually I don't know if I'd be game for that long. I remember on one of my many trips to Maui I was snorkeling with some turtles and got pulled out and towards some coral. Kinda sucked because by the time I got back in I was drained, I don't know how long I would have lasted past 5 more minutes, I think I would have had to chop one up for the coral gods and shred my butt like a parmesan cheese grater at a fancy italian resturant on friday night!

    Sounds like a challenge but Im afraid of cramping up or just running out of energy then sinking like a rock. Id be game for some biking, running and some skiing or something. Let us know how your training goes for that I'm curious!
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    There was a 1/2 triathalon in my home town (Medford, MA) for a long time. Wonder if it's still happening? I would be interested in doing that I think. It was part of the pre-ironman series (geared to get people ready for the ironman triathalon). It was .6 mile swim in fresh water, 50 mile bike and 10 mile run. I don't think I'm ready for it yet, but maybe in 3 or 4 months I would be.
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    I can't and don't swim and can't run (bad ankle) but my dream is--once I get fit and healthy--is to maybe do a century bike ride. That's a 100 miles in a day.

    I'm planning on trying to do a 1/4 century sometime this summer, which I know I can do because I've already ridden 20 miles in a day, so I hope to up the ante and maybe do a 1/2 century by the end of the year!
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    There was a 1/2 triathalon in my home town (Medford, MA) for a long time. Wonder if it's still happening? I would be interested in doing that I think. It was part of the pre-ironman series (geared to get people ready for the ironman triathalon). It was .6 mile swim in fresh water, 50 mile bike and 10 mile run. I don't think I'm ready for it yet, but maybe in 3 or 4 months I would be.

    hhmmm.. the distances aren't to differant to the one i read, yet the one i read was a full one or so i thought
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    I can't and don't swim and can't run (bad ankle) but my dream is--once I get fit and healthy--is to maybe do a century bike ride. That's a 100 miles in a day.

    I'm planning on trying to do a 1/4 century sometime this summer, which I know I can do because I've already ridden 20 miles in a day, so I hope to up the ante and maybe do a 1/2 century by the end of the year!

    That would be cool, i think the most i've ever done on a bike is 46 miles
  • wagon0619
    wagon0619 Posts: 38 Member
    The actual IronMan is longer than that. I beleive it is a 2.4 mile swim 112 mile bike and a 26.2 mile run!! All on the hot lava filled lands of Kona. There are half ones and Olympic ones all over the place.
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    Well the one i read did say 2 laps for the cycling, but i thought @56 miles they had already doubled it :noway: but perhaps not.

    The lava might smart abit on the old feet lol
  • wagon0619
    wagon0619 Posts: 38 Member
    I just rechecked. They have Ironman and Ironman 70.3. 70.3 are the distances you described and the actual Ironman has 2.4 mile swim, 112 bike and 26.2 run. I need about a 1/100 distance and I could do it!
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    yeah me too lol
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    ok so 2.4 miles is 77.25 lengths of an olympic sized swimming pool...
  • yoginimary
    yoginimary Posts: 6,789 Member
    Find one you can do - something to shoot for. There are "mini" triathlons all over, sometimes combined with longer ones. There's one here, in central Texas, Memorial Day Weekend. I can't remember the swim, but it's like a 5k run and 10 mile bike. My 66 year-old father does it every year - yeah, I have feelings of inadequacy :laugh:
    My husband mentioned he might want to do the Shiner Ride (85 bike ride to Shiner, Texas to drink beer) next year. I told him he could have a new bike if he trained for it. Some races are more "fun" involved.
  • FatDancer
    FatDancer Posts: 812 Member
    hehe,

    I just read an Ironman site and it starts with a 1.2 mile swim in the sea, then goes straight in to a 56 mile bike ride and finishes with a 13.1 mile run. Any takers?

    Greetings Albert! Hope you have time to train for it...I know you can be successful if you're trained up!

    Don't wear a wetsuit on the ocean swim...or any jewelry or bright colors...you have to show skin so you aren't shark bait...they don't like the taste or smell of us!
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    lol, thanks for the support Dancer, the site i found was uk based so no sharks... phew... :smile:

    I wonder what the weight of the fatest person who ever did an ironman comp was...

    lol
  • fatsis
    fatsis Posts: 1,117 Member
    Dude, I like my suicide quick and painless. I will stick to leaping off buildings or jumping in front of speeding trains. Actually I like my odds of surving the latter.

    Good luck. I support ya.
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    Dude, I like my suicide quick and painless. I will stick to leaping off buildings or jumping in front of speeding trains. Actually I like my odds of surving the latter.

    Good luck. I support ya.

    lol
  • barracudamuscle
    barracudamuscle Posts: 313 Member
    Don't wear a wetsuit on the ocean swim...or any jewelry or bright colors...you have to show skin so you aren't shark bait...they don't like the taste or smell of us!

    I was thinking what if we put a seal emblem on the wetsuit with a big no smoking sign over it? That way the shark doesnt confuse him, hell come up to him see the no seal sign and be like oh ok, moving on!:bigsmile:
  • wschafer
    wschafer Posts: 9 Member
    You could start off small with a Squirt

    3 mile walk, 10 mile bike ride and a 1 mile swim or kayk/canoe paddle.
  • GTOgirl1969
    GTOgirl1969 Posts: 2,527 Member
    I thought about training for a triathlon, and I said there was no way in hell that I would be able to do it...but then again, two years ago I thought I could never run a mile in 7:30 either. It's weird what your body can do when you push it!!
  • FatDancer
    FatDancer Posts: 812 Member
    Don't wear a wetsuit on the ocean swim...or any jewelry or bright colors...you have to show skin so you aren't shark bait...they don't like the taste or smell of us!

    I was thinking what if we put a seal emblem on the wetsuit with a big no smoking sign over it? That way the shark doesnt confuse him, hell come up to him see the no seal sign and be like oh ok, moving on!:bigsmile:

    We could try it!
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