Whenever Shane Duffy has any free time, he makes sure he is out and moving, which stems from a love of fitness and the outdoors, but also part of his training to take part in Ultraman races.
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Spanning about 515 kilometres, participants have to swim for 10 kilometres, cycle for 421 kilometres, and run 84 kilometres across three days, where each leg of the race has to be completed in 12 hours.
The 50-year-old from Fitzroy Falls in NSW's Southern Highlands has been taking part in the triathlon since 2019, and is attempting to do a world-first this year - complete six Ultraman races in 12 months.
So far, Duffy has completed four races in Noosa (May, 2022), Canada (July, 2022), Hawaii (November, 2022) and Florida (February, 2023), which has not bee done before.
It was not until he struck up a friendship with competitor Armando Armellini in Hawaii, that the goal was set.
When his friend was nine minutes too slow to complete his fourth, he turned to Duffy and said it was his turn, and gifted him his shirt that said "Trust El Plan".
"He's like a true family member, I can't let him down," the Australian competitor said.
"He passed the baton to me and passed me shirt."
The competitor wore the shirt briefly in Florida as a nod to Armellini, and got them made up for his crew, who provide him with support throughout the race.
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Once he finished Hawaii and Florida successfully, the dedicated Ultraman decided to make his way to Arizona to attempt his fifth on March 17.
"It was a funny feeling, I didn't know how I was going to feel," he said after he set the record for four.
Travelling has meant the usual training sessions in the lead-up to the competition have been out of whack, so he moves when he can, and uses each race as a preparation for the next one.
In between, he has been resting getting massages when possible.
If he completes the Arizona routes within the time constraints, he plans to cap it off with returning to Noosa in May.
Duffy hoped his journey would encourage others to get moving.
"For me it's an Ultraman, for someone else it's a 5K run, for someone it's walking the dog," he said.