ultradistance triathlons

queue1 said:

I was fascinated by the book "Ultramarathon Man" by Dean Karnazes. Are
there any competitive triathlon's which go beyond the ironman
distrances? Thanks.

--art

Yes there are doubles and triples. I read a good account of a woman
doing a triple that I wanted to post the link to the list, but I can't
find it anymore.

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I remember reading a race report from a woman who did a triple in I
believe 60 hours.

http://www.4ar.info/diaries_comments.php?id=1850_0_4_0_C

I don't think these are competitive in quite the same way, though. The
double and triple launch at the same time, and there are only about
half a dozen people in each, so it's just a "can I finish" kind of
thing.

Personally, I have no interest in shuffling through 78.6 miles after 40
hours with no more than a powernap or two's worth of sleep, but that's
just me. If you decide to do it, more power to you!

metallifried said:

I remember reading a race report from a woman who did a triple in I
believe 60 hours.

http://www.4ar.info/diaries_comments.php?id=1850_0_4_0_C

That is the one I was thinking of!!!

But the link you posted only seems to have to first page or so.

Here is the whole story
http://www.transitiontimes.com/viewstory.cfm?ID=5980%20

or the PDF version
http://www.usaultratri.com/images/ChristineCouldreyTriple2004.pdf

I thought it was good read. Maybe for those of you who are finding
single ironmen distances too routine could try one of these ;-)

roger

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aloha,

check out

www.ultramanlive.com
www.ultramancanada.com

email me if you have more questions,

g

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Quoted message said:

I was fascinated by the book "Ultramarathon Man" by Dean Karnazes. Are
there any competitive triathlon's which go beyond the ironman
distrances? Thanks.

Well, Ironman Wisconsin actually has about 27 miles of running if you
count the crazy-long transition area!

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