{"id":6517,"date":"2017-01-09T08:19:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T08:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6517"},"modified":"2017-01-11T14:42:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T14:42:34","slug":"linked-how-much-suffering-can-you-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/01\/09\/linked-how-much-suffering-can-you-take\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: \u2018How Much Suffering Can You Take?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3611,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nytimes.com\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/06\\\/sports\\\/virginia-quintuple-anvil-triathlon.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250926002440\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.nytimes.com\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/06\\\/sports\\\/virginia-quintuple-anvil-triathlon.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 04:43:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-07 08:40:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 17:06:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-15 21:24:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-26 02:14:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-04 00:04:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-01 01:26:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 12:50:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 00:49:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 14:39:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 04:26:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-14 04:37:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 15:51:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 16:29:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 18:39:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 16:30:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 16:30:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/06\/sports\/virginia-quintuple-anvil-triathlon.html\">via NYTimes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Competitors may choose one of two ways to mete out their self-flagellation: do one Ironman-length triathlon a day for five days, abiding by a 17-hour cutoff, or do all of it continuously \u2014 a 12-mile swim, followed by a 560-mile bike ride and a 131-mile run \u2014 stretched out over five and a half days, broken up however you wish.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The one-by-five variant means you can get a longish night\u2019s sleep, but you have to get up for a 7 a.m. start every day \u2014 a fitness nut\u2019s \u201cGroundhog Day.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Insanity. I compare this to people who have a few tattoos to people who do a complete body modification and turn themselves into a lizard. Also, the people who complete these must be insufferable at parties. \u201cDon\u2019t even ask Jim how\u2019s he\u2019s doing. He\u2019ll just complain about how hard is life is preparing for the next race\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via NYTimes: Competitors may choose one of two ways to mete out their self-flagellation: do one Ironman-length triathlon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-01-11T14:42:35Z","apple_news_api_id":"820dfd6f-f50f-40ed-aac8-0f5b405d5bb9","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-01-11T14:42:36Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Agg39b_UPQO2qyA9bQF1buQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1H7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8586,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2021\/10\/05\/linked-when-it-comes-to-ev-range-520-miles-are-too-many\/","url_meta":{"origin":6517,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;When it Comes to EV Range, 520 Miles Are Too Many&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Via TTAC:\u00a0 You don\u2019t need to go 520 miles in one shot, non-stop, for any reason. 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