I fell on the flat stretch. From cars alongside. And Marathon des Sables. The cutoffs are unforgiving. Then my name again.

The swim course starts four kilometres offshore with competitors leaping from a car ferry. Once on-board the instructions are simple. Lots of it. Sand climbs. We relished it. Lots of it. Onshore your Support person awaits. Michael calls his “The Nuclear Banana.” I call mine “Junior.” I wonder how strong Michael's sense of irony is. No quería terminar el nado, porque era tan hermoso..." Gilles Moreau, Canada. ", comparte con nosotros tu experiencia xtri usando el hashtag. Pure. But you need to get moving. 2019  Patagonman es triatlón puro!". Probably. Tuve un momento de llanto en la bicicleta de tan emocionante que fue." Returning in April 2020 for the 35th anniversary. This race is real grit! At night. "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan, A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran, Through caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea.". This is the reason we are there. For some reason I do not fancy fruit when I next see Support. Through a landscape arguably more beautiful than anywhere else in the world. I destroyed my socks. "This is not Ironman.". Pavé.

Through the Rockies. Ya está disponible en tu plataforma favorita, ven y escucha las increíbles historias de finishers de Patagonman, quienes son y lo que los hace especiales. For half an hour! Concerned. I crest 82 KPH. The swim course starts four kilometres offshore with competitors leaping from a car ferry. 1600 kilometres south of Santiago. 12 hours a day for two weeks with Scott Molina. Another new adventure for Tim Don: Patagonman Xtreme 2019 Watch the Patagonman Documentary. One races. Untamed wilderness. 2019. Another uphill. Support rents a car and drives it as SAG.

They rise to their feet. I am wondering about Coleridge's opium addiction when a camera crew roll up. Stray dogs. I let it all hang out and beat Support into transition. Here come the camera crew again. More headwind.

The construction crews rebuilding the highway see it coming. We want to give back. Kilometre after infernal kilometre. A useful visual.

It's the hardest triathlon and one of the most special races I have ever done and I've been racing triathlon for a very long time.

"We are not playing. Patagonman is raw triathlon! Revisa más sobre el circuito de ciclismo... "El paisaje es increíble. The racer cannot get in the car. La ruta a través de la patagonia es increíblemente hermosa y extremadamente desafiante. Today it is clear. Then there was Epic Camp. The other serves as Support. The bike route climbs 2800 metres. "For you, the lights will always be green.". To get a little more insight, check out this video. We take the cheers. Look for the lights of the port. Horns blaring. Somehow we are passing people. The pain sets in. They then pedaled on paved roads that zigzag among imposing snowy mountains and traversed dirt roads that cross valleys to complete the race arriving at Chile's largest lake and the second largest in South America.

Ignacio. PATAGONMAN es una carrera de punto a punto, comenzando en la parte oeste de Aysén, una de las regiones más australes de Latino América y continúa hacia la zona este de la región. Walk-run.

It's a Navy ship. Raw. Grassroots triathlon baby! Altogether athletes from 45 countries participated in the triathlon, rising in the early morning to swim guided by lanterns of the guide boats in waters with temperatures not exceeding 12 degrees Celsius. But Patagonman. Yo nunca había visto algo como esto, en ningún lugar del mundo." Michael Cranwell of LapDogs Cycling Club would be proud. In my head I recite Kubla Khan by Coleridge.

Silk, you B******! "Podía ver las montañas y el sol saliendo. An iron-distance triathlon in Chilean Patagonia. We forded a river. When you exit you are freezing cold. Chris Choi, USA. Below a selection of photos from Patagonman. Those who know, know. We begin to roll. Old? Patagonman 2019 competition will take place in Puerto Chacabuco, Chile. We want to put on a show. Certainly! We shoot past lines of stationary cars. Topography "measureless to man. Once you get there turn right. Happy and tired all of the athletes and all of the organization we will rest tonight. Never so slow yet so proud. That's Transition. How to do it justice? 2018.

XTRI events are two-person team competitions. Somehow the organizers have allowed us to take over the Carretera Austral. Patagonman 2019: Two British athletes win triathlon in Aysen Wednesday, 04 December 2019 12:09 Outdoors By Caterinna del Rio Giovannini The second edition of Patagonman – dubbed by its organizers “the most extreme triathlon in the world” – was held on Sunday, December 1. A combination of both? We have the same Cannondale SystemSix. Blood. The Water was Colder the day Before. Why only 149 finished. How to describe a week ago? Well done Gareth! Copyright 2017 PATAGONMAN Xtreme Triathlon | All Rights Reserved, "Esta carrera es puro coraje!

Finishing with a time of 9 hours and 32 minutes, Tim Don won first place, while Flora Colledge was the first woman to reach the finish line. 9.8 KPH and all out. Again, the people. Tuve un momento de llanto en la bicicleta de tan emocionante que fue.

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We plummet 2500 metres through a series of s-bends. The racer and Support must work together to ensure the racer has everything they need for the day. But I am comfortable in my drops. Walter." Two days before we drove it and punctured clouds.

How did it get so hot? Triathlon starts Sunday, 1st December 2019. Patagonman XTRI. They must like the bike. Which is why only 300 entered and 189 started.

Am I fat? Brutal. I craft jokes about him trying to compensate for something. https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-features/patagonman-2019-gallery-video The Extreme Triathlon at the End of the World. Es el triatlón más difícil y una de las carreras más especiales que jamás haya hecho, y yo he estado compitiendo en triatlón por muchísimo tiempo. There is but one. This is not Ironman." ", "El paisaje es increíble. All of the hard ones including Tenby, Lanzarote and Silverman (before it was cancelled for being TOO hard!) There is no hubris. In excess of 25 iron-distance events.

I railed at the sky, back spasming. Every time we approach a construction zone the traffic is stopped. It is meant to be hard. Oh, MdS! After the Bell podcast, by Patagonman ya está aquí. "VAMOS!" I let the bike fly. I wish I were in shape. Episodios en español, portugués y también en inglés! We gravitate towards the hardest challenges. Then there is the teeth chatter.

Keep the Navy ship on your LEFT shoulder.". It’s only been held once, but the Patagonman Xtreme Triathlon (www.patagonman.com) in Patagonia, Chile has already built a reputation that other events might struggle to match after several decades of history, such was its impact and the feedback of athletes from its debut in December 2018.