I was there for that event in Italy, only lasted a couple of days due to injury*, brought Wayne a lot of those burgers he's talking about and spent the evenings pleasantly getting through many bottles of red wine and crewing. Happy days.
*did the bike leg in my lufguss shark pits jersey.
Was thinking of this: http://www.everymantri.com/everyman_triathlon/2013/10/guiness-world-record-triathlon-race-report-30-ironman-races-in-a-row.html
But while looking for the link, discovered this psychopath: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/50-ironman-triathlons-50-days-50-states-join-me#/story