For the greatest athletes in the world, there are competitions, and then there are true challenges of will and survival. When a marathon isn't enough of a challenge, or a triathlon is held in conditions that are considered favorable, these are five races that find out who's the toughest and the strongest.
-- Max Thompson is the Senior Editor at ThePostGame. Follow him on Twitter: @maxthompson.
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