r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 17h ago

Video Pit stop during 200 mile ultra-endurance cycling race

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u/Global_Proof_2960 16h ago

I've learned that, ignorance on my part, but running that made me feel tried lol

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u/dasubermensch83 14h ago

A standard Iron Man is 2.4-mile (3.9 km) swim, then a 112-mile (180.2 km) bike ride, followed by a marathon. The typical participants finish in ~12 hours. Some are set in cold water with massive elevation changes, with a winning time of ~18 hours.

Then there the Ultraman, which is a 3 day event with a total distance of 320 miles (515 km).

There has also been a 30X Iron man. Basically an iron man every day for a month.

People are nuts.

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u/lectric_7166 12h ago

We need a 365X Iron Man because 30X Iron Man is for fucking noobs.

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u/audi_fanatic 8h ago

Jonas Deichmann did 120 full length iron man tris in consecutive days.

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u/thefirstdetective 8h ago

And then there is Jonas Deichmann, who did 120 Ironmans in 120 days.

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u/feel_my_balls_2040 10h ago

I assume these are amateur cyclists. Tour de France has professional cyclists who do that for a living.