The Biggest Loser - Ironman?

He said that is what he did every day to train...swim a mile-1.5 miles, do an 80 mile bike then he runs a half marathon. These guys are doing 8+ hours of excercise at the ranch so my thought he is just doing tri training instead stuff he did with Jillian.

I found it interesting as what IM can he get into? Clearly the show is pretaped as the time they have at home which is I think 3 months gets sucked into time as one week they are on the ranch and next episode is the finale which is 3 months later and live. What IM can he do early season?  Some folks call 70.3 races Ironman.  When the new RI 70.3 was being talked about on TV they always called it Ironman Rhode Island...do differential from hald to full. There are quite a few early season 70.3 races that potentially fit into the show schedule. T

I think you might be right.  He is doing a half.  There is no way he can do all that stuff everyday and still have a family and job.

If you watch the uncut version here - http://www.nbc.com/The_Biggest_Loser/video/clips/week-6/1008101/

he says that it is a half ironman.  NBC cut it out of the broadcast.

Interesting, thanks!  I was wondering about that myself.

Go figure.

oh, okay.  Either way -- good for him.  To go from an overweight [obese] couch potato to a triathlete is no small feat.  70.3 is not 140.6 but it is still an awesome accomplishment !

That was my guess.  He probably set the goal of a IM or HIM before really understanding what it was.  He had a fair guess at the distances probably based on some previous general knowledge.

However, I can't lie and say that things like this don't make me a little proud to be a triathlete.  There have been several times that people use "doing a triathlon" as some kind of goal or benchmark for health and fitness - like it's a major accomplishment. 

And it's something we do every day!!!  Woot!

I don't think we're being critical.

I never intended to criticize --- I was just wondering if he meant a HIM or an IM.  both amazing accomplishments, but they ARE different races.

No one was being mean about it.  No harm was done.  I think the same thing would happen if I tried to talk law with cop or judge, or medicine with a doctor.  I'm sure I would mispeak, and they would correct me.

I think I was refering to the 80 vs 56 miles.  Bottom line, it's a lot, and good for him to try it.  I think I will let it slide, even though at the time I saw it, I rolled my eyes and mentioned to the wife that "this guy has no idea what an IM is"...

+2. I watched last night and immediately picked up on the fact that it's not a full ironman. Not taking away from the accomplishment but let's be clear. :D Right, maybe it's just because I know the difference.  I know most people don't know so it doesn't matter but for those of us who clearly are a bit obsessed there is a difference and I would never want to misrepresent what i was doing. 

Glad to hear he said it on the parts they cut out...

PS - he's done so crazy well! And I love watching to see how people not only lose weight but how their confidence goes up, etc.