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Make that 120 … German athlete shatters world record for consecutive Ironman-distance races in a row

German adventurer shatters record previously held by the "Iron Cowboy"

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He started on May 9. Today he finished it all up. For 120 days in a row Germany’s Jonas Deichmann completed a 3.8-km swim, a 180-km bike and a 42.2-km marathon, setting a new record for consecutive full-distance races in a row. In case you’re wondering just how far all that is, over the last four months the German adventurer has swam 456 km, biked 21,600 km and run over 5,000 km. All of this was done on the Challenge Roth course.

 

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Deichmann’s incredible effort surpassed the record previously held by James Lawrence, the “Iron Cowboy,” who managed to complete 101 full-distance (3.8 km swim/ 180 km bike/ 42.2 km run) races in a row? That record was broken by Great Britain’s Sean Conway – he completed 105 full-distance efforts in a row? Deichmann set the new record a few weeks ago, but kept going to set a new mark of 120.

German adventurer sets new world record with 106 Ironman-distance races in a row … and is still going

“This was by far the most challenging endeavour I ever faced,” Deichmann said after today’s final effort. Those are heady words coming from a man who has set a number of cycling world records including the fastest crossing of Eurasia (and set a new record for crossing Europe at the same time), rode unsupported from Alaska to Argentina in 97 days and from Capenorth, Norway to Cape Town, South Africa in 72 days, seven hours and 27 minutes, breaking the previous record by 30 days. He broke Conway’s longest triathlon record thanks to a 429-day journey around the world that was the equivalent of 120 long-distance triathlons – 456 km of swimming, 21,600 km of cycling and 5,064 km of running. You can find out more about the German adventurer on his website.