Anyone following the Iron Cowboy?

[ktzmoh]

Is anyone following the guy trying to do 50 ironman distance tris in 50 days in 50 states?

He's on day 12 in Texas and I guess because of the hurricane, he's doing the whole thing indoors- pool, trainer, treadmill. I sure hope he has a good playlist! 8-/

[katyintx]

That sounds terrible.

[al320]

Omg

[thom]

Jun 17, 2015 11:08:07 GMT -5 katyintx said:

That sounds terrible.

Sorry, but I agree with this. I also wonder how much money people need to have to do something like this. I still wish him the best though.

[katandkevin]

This sounds like a really stupid idea.

[shorewife]

So that's working out for more hours every day than he is sleeping for an entire month. It does sound awful.I'm assuming he's doing it for some sort of charity?

[runblondie26]

The Dean Karnazes talks about all the stuff he went through with his 50 marathons in 50 days thing. And he was "only" running marathons. I have 0% confidence this humanly possible. Any bets on how many days he lasts before he has to quit?

[ktzmoh]

I don't think he's doing it for a charity, but then again I can't imagine he's making money from it.

I'm wondering how far he will make it - sounds nuts to me but then again people like doing crazy ass ultra shit. It's a pretty interesting IG feed.

I just can't imagine the boredom of having to do all 140.6 in a gym today.

[lb2006]

sort-of correlated, have you read this?
www.outsideonline.com/1986361/running-empty

[CallingAllAngels]

Jun 17, 2015 12:28:08 GMT -5 runblondie26 said:

The Dean Karnazes talks about all the stuff he went through with his 50 marathons in 50 days thing. And he was "only" running marathons. I have 0% confidence this humanly possible. Any bets on how many days he lasts before he has to quit?

I'm shocked he has made it to day 12. I would wake up the second day saying, "WTF? No."

[joenali]

See, I like to have fun when I exercise. This doesn't sound fun.

[joenali]

Rich Roll did the Hawaiian island triathlon challenge or whatever he called it . He did a triathlon on every single island in however many days. It sounded terrible.

[shorewife]

Jun 17, 2015 12:28:08 GMT -5 runblondie26 said:

The Dean Karnazes talks about all the stuff he went through with his 50 marathons in 50 days thing. And he was "only" running marathons. I have 0% confidence this humanly possible. Any bets on how many days he lasts before he has to quit?

What did he say? 

[runblondie26]

Jun 17, 2015 14:20:14 GMT -5 shorewife said:

Jun 17, 2015 12:28:08 GMT -5 runblondie26 said:

The Dean Karnazes talks about all the stuff he went through with his 50 marathons in 50 days thing. And he was "only" running marathons. I have 0% confidence this humanly possible. Any bets on how many days he lasts before he has to quit?

What did he say? 

It's been a few years since I read the book, but the struggles with reduced sleep, traveling etc. as the days went on sounded grueling. His bloodwork proved he's kind of a freak of nature with relatively limted changes over the course of the challenge. However, he was only running 4-5 hours a day. This ironman guy is spending what, about 3x the amount of time exercising each day, and then has to travel to the next location? I wonder how the sleep/recovery challenges this guy is facing will impact him as this goes on.

[juliabug]

My local tri club and swim group came out to support him when he was in Portland, OR. I think that was day 2 or 3 though. I knew he was doing an ironman in each state, but I didn't realize he was doing them consecutively. That's crazy.

[kams]

Miserable! He was just in Albuquerque a few days ago. I was hoping to go check in on him, but couldn't make it - a few teammates did though. Craaazay.

[emilyj]

I'm doing two sprints in 6 days in July, and that's hard enough for me!!!

[runaways]

This is a fucking terrible idea. WHY would you do this to your body?

[joenali]

Jun 17, 2015 19:53:40 GMT -5 runaways said:

This is a fucking terrible idea. WHY would you do this to your body?

I feel like instead of promoting health he's promoting stupidity.

[hannahb]

Jun 17, 2015 19:57:57 GMT -5 joenali said:

Jun 17, 2015 19:53:40 GMT -5 runaways said:

This is a fucking terrible idea. WHY would you do this to your body?

I feel like instead of promoting health he's promoting stupidity.

Yeah I agree with all the above. I feel like it's taking "health" to the extreme of being unhealthy

[joenali]

Jun 17, 2015 20:39:18 GMT -5 hannahb said:

Jun 17, 2015 19:57:57 GMT -5 joenali said:

I feel like instead of promoting health he's promoting stupidity.

Yeah I agree with all the above. I feel like it's taking "health" to the extreme of being unhealthy

Resting is good! Being an Ironman martyr is not.

[lb2006]

ktzmoh - he was near us yesterday.  He had so much support from the swimming/biking/running community here.


if you're on facebook, check out run with theoden   -  i know he said he was following him through the day.

[lb2006]

he is doing it to raise awareness about childhood obsesity, partnered with the Jamie Oliver foundation i think.

[shorewife]

He's coming through NJ over the 4th of July. I'm disappointed that I will be out of town. I'd actually really like to see him and would go if I was around. Stupid or not, 50 IM's in 50 days is pretty awe-inspriring.

[joenali]

Jun 30, 2015 14:24:57 GMT -5 shorewife said:

He's coming through NJ over the 4th of July. I'm disappointed that I will be out of town. I'd actually really like to see him and would go if I was around. Stupid or not, 50 IM's in 50 days is pretty awe-inspriring.

Where in New Jersey? al320

[al320]

Jun 30, 2015 15:20:47 GMT -5 joenali said:

Jun 30, 2015 14:24:57 GMT -5 shorewife said:

He's coming through NJ over the 4th of July. I'm disappointed that I will be out of town. I'd actually really like to see him and would go if I was around. Stupid or not, 50 IM's in 50 days is pretty awe-inspriring.

Where in New Jersey? al320

According to his website, he'll be down the shore in seabright - which is not trafficmi want to sit in on july 4th lol

[joenali]

Jun 30, 2015 15:24:28 GMT -5 al320 said:

Jun 30, 2015 15:20:47 GMT -5 joenali said:

Where in New Jersey? al320

According to his website, he'll be down the shore in seabright - which is not trafficmi want to sit in on july 4th lol

True! Too far for me to go! Too much traffic!

[ktzmoh]

I was bummed i couldn't go see him in Santa Cruz. I think they are having semi-organized 5Ks for the last part of each marathon, which would be a lot of fun. I don't care if it's not the best idea health-wise, I'm enthralled and I think it's amazing that he's made it 25 days.

[shorewife]

Jun 30, 2015 15:27:15 GMT -5 joenali said:

Jun 30, 2015 15:24:28 GMT -5 al320 said:

According to his website, he'll be down the shore in seabright - which is not trafficmi want to sit in on july 4th lol

True! Too far for me to go! Too much traffic!

Not if you get there ass early in the morning in time for the swim and get out before the madness... 
Now that I think about it, why IS he doing an Ironman at the Jersey shore ON the 4th of July!? 

[kams]

I'm pumped he's still going. It's outrageous and ridiculous, but he's getting the attention he was hoping for.

I really thought it was over a few days ago when he crashed and then was cycling with an IV.