We triathletes are out for a walk in the park compared to these guys...
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
Now I have to show that to the friends and family that think I AM CRAZY!
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PJT posted 1 year ago.
Wow. To put that mileage in perspective, it's only 2800 miles, give or take, from NYC to Los Angeles. These guys ran 4000--all in a desert.
Speaking of epic, this guy was just featured in our paper today: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=567463
19,500 miles biking from Alaska to Argentina. Again, wow.
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beads1985 posted 1 year ago.
It is all about pushing your limits.
Pretty Cool:D
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dr_rios_ec posted 1 year ago.
That is why I think that the Human Body is the most perfect machine on earth.
Hats off to these guys in the Sahara....what an adventure...
Hope to watch someday a documentary...should be awesome.
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RV posted 1 year ago.
I think it is more of a testament to the power of the mind.
The human spirit or will or whatever is an amazing force.
Truly incredible.
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Atropos posted 1 year ago.
Here's a pretty famous "marathon" that I stumbled across a week or two ago.
http://www.darbaroud.com/index_uk.php
Marathon Des Sables, a 7-day, 149 mile race in the Sahara desert.
All of these guys are crazy, but I still want to do it myself. What does that say about me I wonder...?:p
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iron_girl posted 1 year ago.
This is trully remarkable. RV is totally right. Never underestimate the power of your spirit and your mind. They give you strength when you need it the most. Pushing our limits is what all of us Athletes do, at any level, every day.
Nothing is impossible if you only dare to try.
Maria.
"Far better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious Triumph, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spiritis who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not Victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt.
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
Atropos;62848 wrote:
All of these guys are crazy, but I still want to do it myself. What does that say about me I wonder...?:p
Well that says you stand alone :) seriously I have no drive to want to go out and push myself like that.
Don't people die each year at Marathon des Sables. I read about that a few months ago somewhere.
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Tikal Dog posted 1 year ago.
I got tired just by reading that!!! Wow now I know I'm NOT CRAZY!!!
Hyperactive Trifueler!!!! (I refuse to let the status go :p)
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ancientdude posted 1 year ago.
Not to offend anyone. But I dont know what sort of training you guys are into but id rather be doing that then some of the training and hardships I put my body through.
I wouldnt say "we triathletes", its offensive.
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PrinceofClydes posted 1 year ago.
I jogged 4miles in sand last week on holiday and it sure punished my legs.
4,000 miles!
I only wish I was that fit,
or.. maybe not.
Ouch!
PoC
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- Shane Falco.
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PrinceofClydes posted 1 year ago.
ancientdude;62928 wrote:
Not to offend anyone. But I dont know what sort of training you guys are into but id rather be doing that then some of the training and hardships I put my body through.I wouldnt say "we triathletes", its offensive.
Hey there ancientdude,
welcome to trifuel.
Try not to be so sensitive. "We triathletes are out for a walk in the park compared to these guys.." is just another way of saying triathlon training is less punishing than running 4,000 miles on sand in the desert, which isn't meant to speak for anyone in particular.
By the way are you planning to run 4,000 miles in your training this year - for Olympic Triathlon distance? That's 76 miles per week. You might want to re-think that one. :)
Glad to have you on board.
PoC
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Cardinal223 posted 1 year ago.
Prince, thanks for backing me up. Please understand that I did not mean to be offensive at all when I used "we triathletes." I have the utmost respect for everyone on this board. Training for a triathlon regardless of the distance is a laudible endeavor and I am proud to say that I am a part of this world. I only meant to point out that what those three gentlemen did was remarkable. I did not mean to take anything away from the efforts that triathletes put into their training and racing. I just thought it would be fun to highlight the efforts those three people put forth to complete the most grueling physical challenge that I have ever heard of.
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PrinceofClydes posted 1 year ago.
No problemo.
PoC
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Atropos posted 1 year ago.
PrinceofClydes;62934 wrote:
By the way are you planning to run 4,000 miles in your training this year - for Olympic Triathlon distance? That's 76 miles per week. You might want to re-think that one. :)PoC
I was reading about Josh Cox the other day...apparently he runs something like 100+ miles every week.
Then again he's training for the marathon in the Olympics, but still, people do it.
I call them "the crazies" ;)
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Anton posted 1 year ago.
Back in the late 1970's I ran 100 mile weeks...all the time. It was the NORM. Everyone did it. Arthur Lydiard was the god of us all and we dutifully put in the miles.
Normal is relative.
This event is THEIR limit. An Oly may be just as difficult and require as much soul searching for some as this race did for these guys.
We must praise the achievement of all no matter what distance the event is with the same gusto we praise the folks in this article.
"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" - Vincent Van Gogh
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Anton posted 1 year ago.
I'll see your run across the desert and raise you this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/6389845.stm
"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" - Vincent Van Gogh
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http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=2772368
I cannot even fathom that this is within the realm of human capability.