Matt interviews Jay about his recent Ironman triathlon, the history of this iconic race, why Ironman athletes choose to suffer, plus Jay's successes, failures, and hard-won lessons you can apply to your own life!

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Intro: What is Ironman?

By most standards, Ironman is considered THE most difficult triathlon race in the worldAthletes must complete a 2.4 Mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run  performed back-to-back with no breaks in under 17 hours.The race was conceived in Oahu, Hawaii in 1978 by a handful of military and special forces badasses who wanted to figure out what kind of athlete was the fittest: Swimmers, runners or bikers.US Navy Commander John Collins suggested that the debate should be settled through a race combining the three existing long-distance competitions already on the island: the Waikiki Roughwater Swim (2.4 mi), the Around-Oahu Bike Race (115 mi; originally a two-day event) and the Honolulu Marathon (26.2mi).After shortening the bike by three miles and setting up the final course, Collins famously said, "Whoever finishes first, we'll call him the Ironman."Each of the 15 racers had their own support crew to supply water, food and encouragement during the event. US Navy SEAL John Dunbar, was in the lead coming out of the bike but he ran out of water on the marathon and his support crew ended up giving him beer instead. This strategy - as you might guess - didn’t work and Gordon Haller, a Navy Communications Specialist, was the first to earn the title Ironman by completing the course with a time of 11 hours, 46 minutes, 58 seconds.The world championships for Ironman are held annually in Kona, Hawaii. Every year there are multiple Ironman races around the world. If amateur athletes get enough points and/or finish in the top of their age groups they can gain slots to compete in Kona alongside the pros.Ironman™ is a trademarked name but there are other non-Ironman branded races that incorporate a 2.4M swim, 112M bike and 26.2M run. In order to avoid copyright infringement, any triathlon that includes this combination of distances (which add up to 140.6) is generally referred to as a “Full Distance” triathlon. There are also “Half Distance” triathlons (70.3s), as well as “Olympic Distance” tris, “Sprint” tris, “Super Sprints” and others.But the biggie is Ironman

Jay’s Initiation Into Ironman

He’s been running various races for yearsRan his first Tough Mudder with Matt back in 2013(?)Also did his first Olympic distance Tri in 2013. VERY difficult and after finishing put his bike in storage and didn’t touch it until 2019.In the meantime he did 1.5 more Tough Mudders with Matt, all three distances of Spartan Race (Sprint, Super and Beast) and then several marathons, including the San Diego Rock n Roll and the CIM in Sacramento.Jay did a half Ironman in March of 2020 and was going to do the full Ironman in May of 2020 but then Covid happened and all races were scratched for the year. Jay promptly got depressed, gave up on exercise, drank a LOT of beer and quickly gained 25 pounds.Finally in September of 2020, Ironman race directors sent out news that the next full distance Ironman race would be held in Idaho in the summer of 2021.Jay signed up, spent the next 9 months getting his flabby ass back in shape and on June 27, 2021, he