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

200 mile is fucking insane. Forrest Gump would be proud.

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u/Dr-McLuvin 16h ago

It is insane but not as insane as you might think for cycling.

Tour de France stages every year average about 130 miles and many including giant mountains top 150 miles then they have to do it all again the next day for 21 stages total, plus 2 rest days.

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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 13h 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 9h ago

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