Lessons From Kona - Breaking Down the Ironman World Championship

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast · Oct 11, 2022 · 1h 11m

Today we recap the Ironman World Championship and look at racing strategy, the coverage, and what lessons we can learn as age groupers from an unbelievable race. We look at Iden and Blummenfelt and what their real training secret likely is. We talk about the big swim pack, drafting on the bike, and what all that did to set up the run. We talk about the shift in qualification standards, the move to make things seem easier, and fast shoes. Our belief that "once you get too hot, it's over" played out again as did "you don't have to catch them, they'll come back to you." Lots of interesting…