As expected, this thread has reached new levels of absurdity. Some of you guys should run a marathon, bike a ****load of miles or swim for a couple of hours in the ocean before speculating on this dude's chances just because you ran a 10k once.

this is still better than the "drink x amount of alcohol in x hrs" threads where 75% of the posts claim how easy it would be

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/10/26...hlete.charity/



A guy that plays soccer a few times per week did it in 15:30hrs... add another 8:30hrs.

Still no chance? delusional? impossible?

Edit: I'll rephrase. We can assume this guy is a better athlete than OP's friend. He was probably in great shape a few years ago and now plays soccer a few times per week. But the important point is that he had no swimming or biking experience. Yeah he's "an exception" but it shows its not so far fetched to do it in 24hrs. An entire work-day more.

"former Cornell soccer player."

He was probably a tremendous athlete. Far different from OP's pal.

so thats one guy who happened to be an incredible natural athlete out of how many tens of thousands of others that tried and failed? Id say the 1000:1 is still good odds.

altho, interestingly enough, both threads have the same amount of "you are going to die" comments

This is one of those spots I just dont think can be answered. Cuz if you have any experience with any of them, you cant really estimate how hard it is for some regular person because you dont know what regular feels like, or doing those activities at a super slow pace.. And if you have no experience you are just fixated on how easy the math sounds "lol, just ride your bike slow for 11 hours" and you have no clue how hard doing something like that is.

I wish I was loaded, cuz id seriously just pay some regular schmuck to ride 112 miles and see if he could do it. Id put my money on him not.

All that is assuming a pool swim tho, cuz I feel pretty confident calling you an idiot if you think he makes it out of the ocean and does anything other than be grateful he didnt die (if he even makes it out)

thats quite a bit of training. sounds like about 5 hrs of soccer a week. makes a huge difference.

"he sustained himself demonstrating a hard work ethic as a college athlete, followed by a brief stint as a professional player in the cutthroat world of European soccer."

You really think this qualifies as kicking around a ball a few times a week?

yeah, just some regular old guy who plays soccer a couple times a week, loool

hed also ran a marathon before


also doesnt say if the swim was in the ocean

He played college soccer. After that he played professional soccer. He's 24.

lol, yeah, he's just some average joe

so much for the resting strategy

lol, heres a pic of "average joe" kuritzky finishing (winning?) the empire state building stair run

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmrf/5413375336/




nice shaved legs, good look for average joe

Yeah, but he graduated Cornell at 11 like Doogie Howser, so he had plenty of time to let himself go after his professional soccer career ended.

yep, just your average joe

IcyHotMonkey is a world class triathlete hoping someone will challenge him to a prop bet imo.

So how does that change anything? I didn't know a "brief stint" as a professional means you're in such superior shape than playing in college.

You're not running massive distances in a soccer game. And its a different type of fitness, its not at a constant pace. And he graduated over 2yrs. before doing the ironman.

You think I'm trying to say that this guy is an exact comparison of OP's friend? lol... you're delusional... I said he's in better shape. point is its possible with no experience. Playing a soccer game and swimming 2.4 miles or biking 112 miles is very different. What would be more comparable? Maybe running a few miles?

Proves that the body can withstand the pounding of the race... and once again, OP's friend gets an additional 8:30hrs...

don't try to discount this.

lol more graphs please

yeah man, comparing an elite athlete to some guy who runs twice a week, def gives us a good idea of what happens.


So someone has actually finished an ironman? **** I take it all back, it is physically possible. I was thinking it had never been done before :P

a guy that can finish an ironman can finish a marathon? surprising...

I never said he was your avg. joe... I said he was in great shape.

And this is what we know about OP's friend:

This can't be good athlete? 5'11, 175... avg. joe isn't running 2-3 times a week.

If the OP's friend was a former college/pro soccer player the entire thread would be different. That's kind of important here.

And yes, you do run massive distances in a soccer game.

If anyone is interested, here's a 20 minute interview with Brian Kuritzky detailing his training and each leg of the race.

http://www.cornell.edu/video/?videoID=986

If the guy was in "great shape," these aren't the kind of stats I'd be listing:

Good counter.

That was directed to the naysayers that said the untrained body can't handle being on a bike for that long... not a valid point?

yes, it's possible but the Cornell dude is probably in the top what? 2% of the endurance population?

yo man, if you can't understand that this dude is so far from untrained he can't even remember what it was like living without a six-pack, I'm just wasting my time. take that, add this:

and this
and i'm right back to laughing at everything you write, just as I've done from the beginning of this thread.