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Originally Posted by Table 5
The tour is no doubt grueling, there's no debating that, but I think that the amount of sheer pain and effort an Ironman triathlete packs into one day is the most concentrated amount of tough there is. Having to run a frickin' marathon after you just did two already grueling stints boggles my mind.
Both sports get my respect. Although with all the roidbots in professional cycling these days, much less so.
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I did the Transrockies in 08, a 7 day mountain bike stage race. One of the guys I rode with a lot was an experienced Ironman triathlete. After day 2, he had this comment: "Ironman's for (pansies)".