OK, OK, OK, my sport challenges are just pussy stuff. No question about it when I compare with Kari Martens (from Jonsered, just around the corner from our place) who is starting in a 10-double Ironman in Mexico on Sunday. 38 km swimming, 1800 km biking and 422 km running. Maximum time to complete is 14 days and Karis target is 10 days. That's really something!!

He has done a triple Ironman in Germany earlier on this year, so he's no rookie athlete. 51 years old but started late.

I have done 3 Ironmans, so I know how tough that is. But to mentally understand what it would take to do this times 10, is a bit outside my scope of mind capacity. My friend Petri in Skövde, who has done 2 triple Ironmans, think that he could manage the Deca Ironman sometime in the future (2009?), but I believe it when it happens. He's a fighter, but this is a hell of a challenge. Where is the limit? When is it called insane? Still, I admire these guys that do it and if I could give these kind of activities more time and stay out of injuries, I would probably stretch my limits a bit more myself.

Check these sites http://karimartens.se/bloggen/ and http://multisport.com.mx/deca/index.htm

Good luck to Kari! 

PS. There is a "short" distance too, called Quintuple Ironman. Only 5 Ironmans. Sounds like peanuts suddenly ;-)

PS2. In 1998 there was a 20xIronman competition in Mexico, won by a Lithuanian guy in just over 437 hours. Now we are talking ...

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