kondis wrote:
hshhshuz wrote:
What type of shape do you think that Iden is in?
He also looks like he is in 13:3X shape
BTW: they make 6 min @ 400W+ look easy, but it’s not
You'll get your answer later today. Iden, Blummenfelt and Stornes are scheduled to run a 5k on a certified course in Bergen tonight (local time).
So what was the result?
Results are supposed to be here:
https://live.eqtiming.com/53560#result
Has the race gone? Today instead? Postponed?
Hmmm, looks like the poster was wrong and the race actually goes today.
Allegedly, PEDs are amazing.. you guys ever seen this inhuman training day from Jan Fredono?
1. Kristian Blummenfelt 13:51
2. Marius Vedvik 13:54
3. Gustav Iden 14:07
https://live.eqtiming.com/53560#result:199896-0-0-1-1
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Slower than they were targeting
I wonder if anyone has gone faster at Kristians height/weight. He is listed at 170lb at 5’8.
The course wasn't the fastest, a slightly rolling cycle path with a U turn halfway. On track he could do sub 13:40 as indicated by his 3000m time.
Here's a video of the race:
I thought it was a pretty good time trial & I agree not the fastest course. He would be competitive at the US road 5k champs. Only 20ish seconds off of the national record that was just set.
I think this one might surprise a lot of LRCers. This is a legitimate effort for a triathlete. That 3k was no joke either & all of those workouts he's been cranking out with his group.
I do not doubt the times. Back in the day I was dating one of the best short-course triathletes, she came from swimming and biking, and learned to run well.
But with these times you have to wonder.
Are there triathletes that can do it? Sure. Pearson ran 13:36 on the track and 13:32 on the roads. Did this guy do it? Who knows. I take all Strava workouts with a grain of salt.
There was some other thread about a New Zealander who ran 13:2x for 5k, Hayden Wilde I think is his name. It shouldn’t come as too big of a surprise really. Austin Hindman from Lafayette high school in Missouri ran 8:43 at Arcadia in 2017, outkicked clinger, grijalva, pretty much everyone and placed second. That time is ridiculously quick and he was doing a lot of biking and swimming to compliment the probably lesser running he did. I think he ran 4:02-4:04 for a full mile as well. Triathletes can really build their aerobic capacity higher than a lot of runners because the chances of getting injured while swimming and biking are pretty minimal. Also with biking you recover a lot faster so you can do more/longer workouts. A lot people say cycling doesn’t help running, but it really does
Vedvik has a 13:29 PB from last year (#4 ranked Norwegian at 5000m after the 3 Ingebrigtsen last year and he was running indoor PBs over the winter). Blummenfelt made him look silly in that last 200m.
That was a slow course.