photo: 6:50am, wetsuit on
The numbers
2.4
mile swim
112
mile bike
26.2
mile run
Chapter 08 · Endurance
Ironman
140.6 miles in a single day. The boss fight of endurance hobbies — defeated.
Ironman is what happens when the marathon stops being scary. A 2.4-mile open-water swim, 112 miles on the bike, then a full marathon — all before midnight. Signing up was the easy part.
Training stacked every previous chapter: lifting built the engine, the marathon taught the pacing, and freediving (which came after, ironically) would have helped with the swim panic. The day itself went right, went sideways, and went right again — the full report is in the journal.
One is done. The voice asking “but what about a faster one?” has been told to wait its turn behind the table saw.
Want to try it?
The Endurance Starter Kit has the gear list, the week-one plan, and every mistake you get to skip. Find it in the shop.
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