Anyone else been kind of following James lawrence The Iron Cowboy?
Dude is attempting to finish 50 Ironman distance Triathlons in 50 consecutive days in 50 different states to raise awareness and money for childhood obesity.
Aside from how stupid this probably is and how bad it could be long term for his body - it really is some next level shit in terms of athleticism and just sheer willpower/mental fortitude. He's not doing them at any breakneck pace, but still.
he's been doing a lot of it on 4-5 hrs of sleep a night.
Id post pictures of how his feet look but theyre probably NSFW
In case yall forgot the Iron Tris are: 2.4 mile swim 112 mile bike 26.2 full marathon
I started following him cause jaybird (headphones) is sponsoring him and Im following them. At first I just figured his body would break down somewhere along the way and he'd have to tap out, but he's now at state 47.
3. "That whole ordeal sounds very very insane" In response to Reply # 0
I wonder how expensive travel and lodging are considering he's doing all this on consecutive days. Also would love to know how clean and rigid his diet and supplement usage is since I'm sure he's gotta be pressed for time in general when traveling and rest are factored in. Jet lag in terms of flying to Alaska and Hawaii must be brutal for this guy if he's truly strict with following the consecutive days edict.
that he has some other folks helping him out. Traveling and planning out the timing for all the events would be way too much stress when you factor in the physical stress the guy is going through as well. I know he's going this for charity, but I hope dude is making some decent amount of paper from this as well, but somehow I highly doubt it since I'm sure he has to spend some paper for the folks helping him out, along with the fees for the events he's taking part in.
And I saw one photo of his feet, and they didn't look too bad considering the abuse they must be enduring. Then again, I only saw his toenails in the photo, so I'm guessing the bottom of his feet must be jagged as hell. I browsed his instagram and through several of the photos, his veins were extremely prominent on this legs. That somewhat spooked me.
10. "Whoa, that's extremely whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiite." In response to Reply # 0
I find it funny that extreme feats of endurance and extreme displays of laziness/gluttony are both very white. Like if some guy played call of duty for a year straight and died of a Cheetos overdose, I would also find that very, very white (unless they were hot Takis instead, then it would be very, very Mexican)
And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
he struggled with the swim but is onto the run now
ltra Iron Cowboy Feed
UTAH
"I have to do what now?!"
Swim complete.
A huge swim escort lead the Cowboy into the cold water at Deer Creek.
Hypothermia and cramping set in quickly. James went through a seriously dark period out there in the water - sobbing, hyperventilating, and shivering uncontrollably as we tried in vain to stop the cramps and put another wetsuit on top of the one he was already wearing.
In the end the dug deep and pushed through the second half - disoriented and fighting for every stroke.
One more to go.
It won't come easy.
Send the Cowboy some love.
#Ironcowboy #IC505050 #ICinspired
--- "though time has passed, im still the future" (c) black thought
14. "A classmate of mine is good friends with him" In response to Reply # 0
My classmate is also an upper echelon ironman competitor (there are a disproportionately high number of endurance athletes in flagstaff due to elevation training) who is part of this dude's marketing team...constant updates on my FB feed, incredible stuff.
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