At the suggestion of my friend, Bobby, who is Ali trainer Angelo Dundee's nephew, I driven 700 miles to DeerLake, Pennsylvania, where Ali was preparing for a world title defense.
The event will start with a 400m swim in Studley Royal Lake, a 10km bike ride through the medieval deer park before finishing with a 2.5km run through the water gardens and ruins of Fountains Abbey.
According to an entry in the Clan Cameron Archives, Loch Arkaig, west of the Great Glen, has a "lake-horse" that in the past was seen by a deer stalker and his children.