Here at Kona we are positive that Cory Wallace is actually a robot sent from the future to show us mere mortals that Type 2 fun is actually a good time and that we should all be pushing our bodies to their absolute limit.

Having just finished riding in Nepal and complete the Annapurna circuit in under 24hrs Cory headed to Israel with race partner, Danish ex-roadie Soren Nissen. The pair were there to take part in the 5th edition of the Samarathon Desert MTB Race, 240km of grueling shadeless desert racing.

After coming in second on the 19km prologue, the pair then went on to win the remaining 68km, 76km and 86km stages to take the overall win in a time of 9hrs and 51 minutes just 2 min 45 seconds ahead of second place. After 10 hours of racing, it’s clear the locals did not take it easy on Cory and Soren.