Why? That’s the first question people always ask. Why would you want to swim 4km, bike 180, and then run a marathon? Why would you do it 5 days in a row? Why would you plan the whole thing yourself? In the 5 boroughs? In the middle of June? “Why does anyone do anything?” answered Chris Solarz, a guy who read stoic philosophy in the sauna while training for such a feat. “Why do we try to run arbitrary distances in arbitrary times? I don’t know. There’s no easy answer.” Last summer, Solarz and fellow New Yorker Chris Calimano completed the arbitrary task of one full Ironman-distance triathlon each day for 5 days straight, totaling 1100km. The event started as most harebrained ideas do: over beers.

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