Don't get why people need to keep commenting on KB's appearance. He's ripped AF. He also trains as hard as anyone out there. This is a guy who did a 3k track time trial at the end of an interval set in 8:11 & ran sub-14 on the roads. As others have mentioned, he does 70ish miles/week, with tons of threshold training. Lots of longer reps. He's going to be a monster at the longer distances (already proven himself at 70.3). Instead of hating, just appreciate the performance. The move he made for gold was so gutsy.
A lot of the top triathletes now aren't that far off their single sport running peers.
Alex Yee has run a 13:26 5k and I'm pretty sure one of the French guys ran a 62 min half last year.
The triathlon has been great to watch this Olympics.
jamin wrote:
This oxen would dust 99.99% of LetsRunners and I doubt he does high mileage or strides or anything like that. This really calls into question what we do as distance runners, being 1-dimensionally fit and skinny and our arms get sore if we have to move furniture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S3g-nuUrXo&ab_channel=NBCSports
Yes, he'd dust you easily and you aren't even 40 years old yet (36?). He's 5'8", not 5'6".