Like many people, former Olympic champion Jan Frodeno has a touch of cabin fever in the coronavirus lockdown, but the triathlete has come up with an extreme idea to raise money and banish the blues.
Frodeno plans to livestream a complete ironman challenge from his home in Genova, Spain, and raise funds to fight the pandemic.
Starting at 0600 GMT Saturday, the German will use a state of the art counter-current home pool for the 3.8km swim, an excercise bike for the 180km ride and then run a full marathon on a treadmill.
"I want to use this event to support those who are currently doing the competition in the hospitals day in and day out," he said.
"Everyone knows I'm a bit nuts," the 38-year-old Beijing Olympic champion explained.
Frodeno has invited the general public to join him from their own homes on social media or whatever way they can.
"It's not just for fun, I want to show things can be done from home."
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