Race Coverage

With Five Seconds to Spare...

Monday, 05 September 2011 03:00

By Bonnie Losten-DeWilde

It started with a bet. Only the bet was a well kept secret.

"An Ironman athlete isn't tough enough to finish this course," director of the N. Dakota 24 Hour Extreme Adventure Race, and Adventure Racer extraordinaire Andy Magness chided. "An Ironman athlete might have the physical endurance for up to 17 hours but this is a 24 hour race and the obstacles and terrain are much harder. They'll crack mentally well before the end!"

"Ironman competitors are as tough as they come," countered the Ironman triathlete. "with enough physical and mental stamina to withstand whatever terrain or silly obstacles your 24 hour course might provide."

And with that, our powerful and respectable team name secretly changed from 'Babies vs. Wild' to 'The Triathletes'....