re: Could you Finish an Ironman in 3 Days?

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Have to use one of those thick arse wet suits so you basically float.

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its not quite like that, but yes you would get an assist - and for everyone saying no, its not freestyle the entire way, you can one arm side kick and float for breaks on your back.

yes i could do it in 3 days, but id need to be hospitalized afterwards with a variety of ortho issues

I'd struggle with the swim but i could do the other 2 in one day and just doggy paddle my way through the swim.

I could definitely do the run and bike if given 3 days. 1 on each of the first 2 days. The swim would be quite hard, and I don't think I could swim that far without drowning unless I trained for a long time beforehand.

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Just read the swim is first, sooo I'm dead before I get to even attempt the other two.

If I had a very buoyant wetsuit as someone suggested, I could maybe do the swim, but I'd be so dead tired afterwards.

I cycle and run so I think I could do the other two with a day dedicated to each. But the swim? frick that.

if given a day for each event? depends on the motivation. just to do it, no chance in hell. do it and get $1m probably still no, but i would try

2.4 mile swim - give me an extra buoyant suit, dog paddle and float break, or just kick then float break

go home and eat/sleep

26.2 mile "run" - walking the entire route at a pace of 3m/hr would take 8hr 45m plus rest breaks. could be done

go home and eat/sleep

140.6 mile biking - i believe this is the hill i would literally die on. 10mph would be 14 hours + breaks (1-2+ more hours) i would imagine i would be walking on the side of my bike for a good bit. if up and down hill (like hawaii) no way in hell i make it. i just dont see me making it through this part. give me 3 days on this event...then maybe

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But I couldnt run 3 miles with these knees right now

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You could briskly walk it in one of the days.

My below-average athletic arse has done multiple. Its all in your mind.

Do I have some training time (like a month or two) or do you mean right now?

I’ve done a couple of half IMs and a handful of marathons. I think I could definitely do one in 3 days.

I’ve swam that far, biked that far and ran that far before. Just not all at the same time. It would be pretty, but I think I could do it.

To me, the hardest part to attempt it without training would be the bike. Just the uncomfortableness of it would break most people.

Lets say you remove any cutoffs for any portion, you can slow down on the swim and get more comfortable. You can walk the marathon and it would take longer but it relieves alot of the physical discomfort but it's something very comfortable for a very uncomfortable amount of time.

The bike is a different animal and the pain in the taint after an hour for most people would make them quit, doesn't matter if you're going 18 or 12 mph. The untrained taint is easily defeated.

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Mile swim in a pool for a beginner takes about an hour. I'd say in open water just over that.

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And congrats after a mile you're almost halfway done with the swim.

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