There are those with courage. And there are lunatics. These are the folks who have completed the Sufferfest Double Challenge – that is, doing Downward Spiral and Fight Club back-to-back – to kick off the New Year of suffering with a bang and get their training off right! Do you have what it takes to do the double? C’mon, show us just how badly you can inflict pain on yourself. If you do it, put a comment on this page, or send me your name so I can put it up on our list of honorable sufferers!
Shea Nangle beats the hell out of Cancellara (and himself) during the Sufferfest Double Challenge!
Amanda Singh, NSW, Australia
John J. Singh, NSW, Australia
John M., USA, Ohio
Andy Turnbull, UK
Kelvin Newman, UK
Me!, Switzerland
@tri_daddy
Scott Goligher, Caspian Sea
Rick Cunningham, Caspian Sea
David Kubacki, Delaware, USA
Ben Wilson, Kentucky, USA
Shea Nangle, USA (with photos of the misery!)
Mousse, Switzerland
Gavin McCarty, VA, USA
Richard Palmer, UK
Frank Lee, USA
Mathias Grobet, Switzerland
Lewis Henrickson, Michigan, USA
Sue Ayre, Washington, USA
Scott Allen, USA
Mousse, Switzerland
Nathan Jones
David Youngman, West Sussex, UK
William Bill Enness, Hampshire, UK
Mark Beckwith, Ontario, Canada
Richard Palmer, Oxford, UK
Brian Hirsch, PA, USA
George Lupton, Walkerburn, UK
Andrew Maher, Wiesbaden, Germany
Andy McGibbon, Northern Ireland
Joanne Byrne, Toronto, Canada
John Heaton-Armstron
Jude Elkins
FInally got around to finishing the challenge…damn that was one tough workout. Thx
Jim, Las Vegas NV.
I toughed it out with all of you maniacs. This was a great jumpstart to the year. I look forward to more and more suffering!
I have now completed the double three ways.
1. fight club to downward spiral (Hard)
2. downward spiral to fightclub (harder for some reason)
3. fight club to miserable now (video 4) my fave way, the hills in this one will kill you after fight club.
Completely addictive videos. My wife and neighbours probably don’t like it quite as much as I.
Downward spiral to fight club made me want to puke in the last climb. Only time I have ever yelled at the computer to date.
Thanks and keep it up.
Jay
I know Shea and I’ll bet he looked like that the entire time… except right up to the end when he ripped off his shirt and killed a grizzly bear with his tire change kit.
It was Evil! Though i quite enjoyed it! Had to do it on a gym bike and managed to clear a large area of a very busy gym by the end. People clearly didn’t like the suffering!
legs still twitching 24 hours later!
Snowstorm outside and a sufferstorm inside! Great idea – I’ll do the double again sometime.
Loved the Double yesterday! That was my first time doing Fight Club so I did it first before doing the Downward Spiral – legs still feel like jelly today
I just did it today… so it still sort of counts (was skiing yesterday). Somehow, during the last fabian cancellara TT section I really got into the zone for the first time this winter. Great idea.
Finished it around noon today, still hurting. I’ve got a write-up and pictures on my blog at http://theultrashea.com/post/313829459/why-yes-i-would-like-a-heaping-cup-of-pain
Downward Spiral (check!), less than 5 minutes rest (check!), Fight Club (check!), lots of water (check!)…stretching up next!
I just about managed it without puking