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Feb 2019
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#ICYMI - Ironman Triathlon, with Mark Al...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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In case you missed this episode on the Playing with Science channel…. Swim… Bike… Run… Science! Hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice enter the world of endurance as we explore Ironman Triathlons alongside Mark Allen, voted ESPN’s Greatest Endurance Athlete of All Time, and exercise scientist Samuele Marcora.  Photo Courtesy of Mark Allen. 
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