How tough is IM?

How tough is doing a marathon if you are given 7 hours to complete?

If you can put in decent training, 7 hours to finish a marathon for a typical person is more than suffice.

Similiarly with the same attitude, a typical person should finished an Ironman with decent training.

It is not tough to complete a Marathon and it is not tough to complete an Ironman as well, given the long cutoff time.

For Ironman wannabe, put in decent training hours, finishing is definitley not a problem.

If someone can walk finished a marathon in 7 hrs, he should be able to "walk" finished an Ironman in 17 hrs.

Real Marathon start from 30km onwards, due to the longer duration for Ironman, actual Ironman start after the bike leg.

Whatever event it is, what matter most is in the mind.

"You can quit and nobody will care, but you will always know"