Interview: The Iron Cowboy opens up on his epic triathlon challenge<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
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The challenge will see Sean swim 3.8km, ride 180km and run 42.2km every day.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m hoping to do it in about 14-15 hours,\u201d Sean continued, \u201cjust to give myself recovery on one end and to not be too fast to kill myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
He started his latest challenge on 12 June, the same day he announced it.<\/p>\n
This huge undertaking will take Sean all summer and is made even more impressive by the fact that until starting the challenge, he\u2019d never actually completed a traditional full-distance triathlon.<\/p>\n
That being said, he\u2019s no stranger to ultra endurance challenges, having swam the length of Britain<\/a><\/strong>, completed the \u2018world\u2019s longest triathlon\u2019 by swimming, cycling and running around Britain, and broke the speed record for cycling across mainland Europe unsupported.<\/p>\n
The cycle across Europe, a journey of 3,890 miles from Portugal to Russia, took Sean 24 days, 18 hours and 39 minutes, while his \u2018world\u2019s longest triathlon\u2019 saw him swim, bike and run, 4,200 miles along the coastline of Britain over 85 days.<\/p>\n
Head over to Sean\u2019s Instagram page<\/a><\/strong> to follow the challenge as it unfolds in real-time.<\/p>\n
Top image credit:<\/strong> Josh Raper<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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