Milind Soman, Pushing 50, Finishes Extreme Triathlon Ironman

New Delhi: Model-actor Milind Soman is going to be making several lesser mortals feel woefully inadequate. Mr Soman, who will be 50 this November, just completed the brutal Ironman triathlon in Switzerland. He did it in 15 hours 19 minutes and 29 seconds.

This post from him on Facebook is probably going to have you hitting the treadmill with renewed conviction:
 

 

One Ironman - Done:)Beautiful experience, finished in 15hrs.19minThank you for all your good wishes people, your love makes a difference!!!#50thYear #BecauseWeCan #Live2Inspire

Posted by Milind Soman on Monday, 20 July 2015

The Ironman is a series of extreme athletic events held across the world and consists of a 3.86 km swim, a 180.25 km cycle race and a 42.2 km run. All in a single day.

Mr Soman, who was the National Swimming champ in India for four years before making it big as a supermodel, was reportedly one of seven Indians to have participated in this year's Swiss Ironman in Zurich.

On Twitter, Mr Soman maintained a meticulous training record, starting with Day 1:
 

Training for Ironman Zurich 19th July begins today !!!!!! 15km run :) #Journey2IronMan #BecauseWeCan #Commit #Focus

— milind soman (@milindrunning) April 15, 2015

And ending with Day 86:
 

Day 86 Thursday 9th July - Training for Ironman! 90min on the bike :) thanks Dhiren Bontra for breakfast! #Merida... http://t.co/C9zLoGBel6

— milind soman (@milindrunning) July 9, 2015

Someone on Twitter scrounged up a picture of a post-Ironman Milind Soman:
 

Finally found a pic of @milindrunning after completing the IronMan 2015. Absolute Respect! pic.twitter.com/vhGdgdfJ1u

— gitanjali warrier (@geetwarrier) July 20, 2015

The rest of Twitter was having a moment of serious respect:
 

Milind Soman , What are you made of?

— Vineet (@Philoposer) July 21, 2015

 

Milind Soman, dude who's 4evah amazing -at 20, at 40, now doubt at 60 and 80 and beyond too

— manjula narayan (@utterflea) July 21, 2015

 

50 year old Milind Soman completes Ironman Triathlon in 15 hours &19 minutes. Congratulations, Hottie !! pic.twitter.com/TuXD082FzL

— Bollywood Girl (@Spicy_Bollywood) July 20, 2015