Like all crazy endeavours, it started as a debate between a group of fiercely competitive personalities. Inspired by a magazine article that suggested a cyclist was the world’s fittest man, a handful of endurance athletes attending a sports banquet in Hawaii began arguing about which sportsmen were in the best shape: swimmers, cyclists or runners. Naturally, they decided to settle things with a race.

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