At least, that is how Dunedin runner Glenn Sutton sees it.
We have nothing but admiration for those keen runners who will line up for the start of the Dunedin marathon in two weeks' time.
But the 38-year-old father of three is planning to run back-to-back marathons.
"Why would you do it?" Sutton responded when asked the obvious question.
"Well, perhaps because I haven't heard of too many people doing it before and I wanted to give it a crack."
Sutton will start at Port Chalmers at 4.30am and run the 42km to Harington Point.
If he gets the timing right, he will arrive just as the Dunedin marathon is about to start and will have plenty of company for the return trip.
Sutton has already run somewhere between 30 and 40 marathons and has also completed "a couple or three" ultra distance events - two of which were 160km ordeals. So he is no stranger to long distance.
"It should be easy," he joked.
Actually, it is a constant battle to keep running. The body screams out to stop and so do the internal voices.
"The thought does cross your mind [to stop] but, I don't know, you just dig a bit deeper and no pain, no gain sort of thing."
Apparently, the rewards come "a couple of days later when you have your feet up on the couch and you know you've done it".
Sutton has been running about 100km each week to prepare and also does some kayaking and cycling as well. He plans to compete in the Coast to Coast next year.
He took up running about seven years ago to keep fit and lose some weight.
"I'd just finished playing rugby and got fat and a couple of guys from work got me into it.
"I just started out on small runs and it just gradually grew and grew from there."
Sutton is hoping to dip under seven hours for the 84km route.
It is long time between meals.
The plan is to eat pizza or pasta the night before and a few of the sponsor's products - Moro bars - along the way to keep the muscles fuelled.
As for a toilet stop, "Well, it's fingers crossed, really."
