33 Ironman triathlons in 33 days

I would have expected a serious drop in performance, that was not the case with the athlete in question.

33 Ironman triathlons in 33 days–a case study

http://www.springerplus.com/content/3/1/269

This case report presents the performance of an athlete who completed for the first time in history the total distance of 33 Ironman triathlons within 33 consecutive days. The athlete finished the total distance of 7,458 km (i.e. 125 km swimming, 5,940 km cycling and 1,393 km running) within a total time of 410 h and a mean time of 12 h 27 min per Ironman distance. During the 33 days, the athlete became slower in swimming (r² = 0.27, p = 0.0019), transition time 1 (r² = 0.66, p < 0.001), and transition time 2 (r² = 0.48, p < 0.0001). However, in cycling (r² = 0.07, p = 0.13), running (r² = 0.04, p = 0.25) and overall race time (r² = 0.10, p = 0.069), the athlete was able to maintain his…