Tri / Triathlon / Triathlons - do they float your boat?

that's what we were telling him, but when you've trained for two years for the big day, i think it was a bit of a let down. imo, an ironman is probably the ultimate sporting event as far as the training and commitment you have to put in, i've got loads of respect for all ironman atheletes. i hope one day i'll be one of them!

With a good endurance sport base it's doable off 6 months prep, of which only ~16 weeks need be mega focused. I think Olympians on 4 yr cycles (Hoy for example) have it much tougher!

If he's done 11h4x before, 13h4x will feel a bit empty in comparison I'm sure. Tell him to do another to put it right. Do it with him. Everyone will be happy.