Friday, May 24, 2013

5X

Every so often something so ridiculous comes across my screen that it must be shared -- and mocked.  D__ got me thinking today about the notorious double and triple ironman races.  When I searched for one, I found this:  the quintuple ironman.

We now have a rejoinder for anytime somebody says "gee, you seem to run more marathons than is healthy."

5 comments:

  1. Interestingly, the triple ironman costs less to enter than most single ironmans. That's like buying one, and getting two more for free.

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  2. But eleven would be more.

    Spinal Tap

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  3. Wow, that just seems like a bad idea . . .

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  4. Oh, and Spencer, Rome _was_ number 11 for me.

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  5. They're cheap because they provide less by way of support than your average rando. I think the total cost is a couple of buoys that float 100 yards apart or so, and you swim around them 1200 times or so. Then you need a couple of cones to put on the road a couple of miles apart, find a guy with a stopwatch, and buy him 3 days' worth of coffee. Done.

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