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Francis Benali (off of that stripey football club down the road) is currently partaking in one of the most ridiculous endurance challenges I've seen in a while. Starting on the 28th April, he is currently trying to complete 7 triathlons in 7 days. Sounds easy right? Well these are full distance Ironman triathlons.
For those not familiar with the distances, an Ironman triathlon is something that even the most commited of athletes wouldn't dream of attempting once, nevermind 7 days consecutively. It starts with a 2.4 mile swim, followed by 112 miles in the saddle, and once you've done both of those, you jump straight into a full 26.2 mile marathon distance run.
(For reference an olympic triathlon is a 'mere' 0.93/24.8/6.2 miles)
He's doing it to raise money for cancer research and you can follow his progress (and donate if you so wish) at www.ironfran.co.uk
If I can do that in metres rather than miles or months rather than days, I'm in. Good luck to the man, stripey or not.
This Time Next Year wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 2:45 pm
Today I happened across this...
Francis Benali (off of that stripey football club down the road) is currently partaking in one of the most ridiculous endurance challenges I've seen in a while. Starting on the 28th April, he is currently trying to complete 7 triathlons in 7 days. Sounds easy right? Well these are full distance Ironman triathlons.
For those not familiar with the distances, an Ironman triathlon is something that even the most commited of athletes wouldn't dream of attempting once, nevermind 7 days consecutively. It starts with a 2.4 mile swim, followed by 112 miles in the saddle, and once you've done both of those, you jump straight into a full 26.2 mile marathon distance run.
(For reference an olympic triathlon is a 'mere' 0.93/24.8/6.2 miles)
He's doing it to raise money for cancer research and you can follow his progress (and donate if you so wish) at www.ironfran.co.uk
Like many, trust few and always paddle you own canoe.
Well...good for him. I didn't think that was possible but after a bit of FACT checking I found some bloke from UTAH had done 50 triathlons in 50 different states in 50 days!
Kid Triathlon:
Put the clothes hanging on the exercise bike away
Take a 5 minute shower
Brisk walk to the car to drive to the ice cream store
No Shot Sherlock wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 7:51 pm
Yep, saw he was doing this, and he's done similarly mad things previously. Massive respect, and a nice bloke too.
Hmmm, hates us apparently. Saw him on a video doing "favvers gun"-looked a came across as a right **** tbh. But all that said this is a seriously good effort he's doing for a great cause so respect to the bloke for it.
Southampton Football Club legend Francis Benali has taken on his toughest challenge yet: 7 Ironman distance triathlons in 7 days in a bid to raise £1m for Cancer Research UK.
The Southampton dad-of-two is swimming 2.4 miles, cycling 112 miles and then running a 26.2 marathon EVERY DAY for seven consecutive days, from 29 April to 5 May, for his third epic fundraiser for the charity.
On Sunday 5 May he will complete his swim, run the ABP Marathon and then cycle 112 miles, finishing his final challenge in Guildhall Square, Southampton.
Keep up to date by following him on the official website, Facebook
