From Zero to Hero (World Championships) August 18th laying in bed I found out about Xtri Greek Hero Extreme Triathlon(October 12th 2024). Months earlier an Italian friend of mine (Matteo) send me a link to ICON because in July I ran my first marathon as a joke due to my employer hosting an epic glacier marathon(ultraks), here in the Swiss alps. I had 4 weeks to train and the race turned out to be fast and incredibly fun except I wasn't able to walk for days after. At the time I was also still dealing with repercussions from a skiing accident including and not limited to knee surgery. `Back to bed`, I got immensely excited - the Extreme always intrigued me, only was I far away from being one of these crazy people. Never having done a triathlon, only recreationally pursuing different sports, I didn't think it was possible, the ensuing days though I intensively started researching training plans(building base endurance when others go into taper haha), watching videos of first tim...
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