FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Few athletes have the endurance to race a whole marathon of 26.2 miles. Even swimming in an open lake or biking over a hundred miles is physically and mentally demanding.
However, a presitigious few have the ability to perform all three of those tasks in the same day.
That’s the main mission with the Ironman triathlon, one of the most difficult races in mankind. Athletes need to swim 2.3 miles, bike 112 miles then run a marathon within a 16-17 hour timeframe to be considered an Ironman…