Spin class will never again be boring...

And it is not like it will be the first time I got yelled at in a spin classes for doing my own thing. Now I will at least have a entirely plausible reason...

Maybe I could find a sport I'm really good at by combining other sports? Growing up I used to get in trouble for changing rules in the middle of the game, especially if I was starting to lose. Thus the advantage of being the oldest brother. Alas, when I started running in order to be competitive I had to keep increasing the distances until "good" runner's were intimidated by the distance, and not so much me. hmmmm...

I'll have to put some thought into Combi-sports where I will have an advantage.

What is the limit? Is there a limit? 30 Ironman distances in 30 days?

Wow,

http://www.limit09.com/

or for those who have not brushed up on their Italian lately:

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.limit09.com%2F&sl=it&tl=en&hl=EN&ie=UTF-8

This Italian gentlemen is attempting 30 ironman distance events in the course of 30 days.

Now considering some people race deca irons (10x the iron distance - 24 mile swim, 1120 mile bike, 262 mile run), this is really only three of those, and he is taking breaks to sleep between each set of iron distances.

That makes it seem more plausible.

And of course Dean ran 50 marathons in 50 days.

Then again, you can see that in a month he plans to swim 72 miles, bike 3360, and run 786 miles.

hmmm.....

I wonder what toll bad weather, injuries, etc. could have?

I imagine that his body will also adapt.

I wonder what his pace will be. Most Iron distance races have a cutoff of 17 hours, and most are won with a time sub 9 hours. His pace will dictate recovery time between efforts and sleep. Unless he's figured out how to sleep while performing one of the events.

So, obviously he has a background, an aptitude, and base for this type of undertaking. Vincenzo planned to start at the end of August 2009, but has postponed until 28 AUGUST 2010. I guess we will wait for a year to see - holding our breath. :)

Here is a part of Vincenzo Catalano's resume:

2006 ~ Break the world record with 40 Ironman's completed in a year

2004 ~ Set the world record for most triathlons done in a year, completed 31 Ironman's alongside Giacomo Maritati and Jaques Fox

35 Ironman's completed

12 Double IRON Triathlons completed

6 Triple IRON Triathlons completed

1 Quintuple IRON Triathlon completed

2 DECA IRON Triathlons completed

54 Marathons completed

Update to Motivation and Julie Moss Ironman

Update! Bob Bennitt spoke in Atlanta this week and I was able to catch the presentation.  

Short Bio: Babbitt completed his first Ironman back before the earth cooled, in February of 1980. How big was the Ironman back then? Only 108 idiots were entered that year and Babbitt completed the race on a $75 police auction bike that had been charred in a fire. He raced with panniers on said bike with a tent and a sleeping bag because he didn't know you were supposed to do the whole thing in one day, plus he had a support crew that provided him with the best in the world of nutrition- Big Mac, fries and a coke plus a snow cone. He also is the only athlete in Ironman history to complete the bike ride wearing regular shorts and a belt plus a wool cycling jersey.... in Hawaii.  

Since the Ironman, Babbitt has co-founded Competitor Publishing, a division of The Competitor Group, Inc., which now owns eleven regional fitness publications in 28 major municipalities around the nation with a total monthly circulation of 700,000. He also co-founded the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) which has raised millions of dollars to help disabled athletes stay in the game. He created the Muddy Buddy Ride and Run Series, which makes its Atlanta contest this Saturday, June 20th at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers. Bob became the 10th inductee of the Ironman Hall of Fame in 2001.  

Bob spoke to the effect that for the first few years, Ironman was just this crazy event that a few people were doing. ABC sports would show Dave Scott jogging across the finish at the end of the days racing.  

It wasn't until Julie Moss, needing so desperately to finish what she had began, being passed as she crawled the last 100 feet of the course was broadcast that Ironman and triathlon exploded. People sought inspiration in what could motivate somebody to keep going when their body had completely given out. That is the spirit of Ironman and possibly a key to human condition.