Alistair Brownlee
simonwbooth
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I caught the end of the Hyde Park Tri on tv on Sunday and saw Alistair Brownlee out on his feet as he crossed the line.
It made me think about an article I saw in the Guardian the same day about Alistair where it mentioned that he trains every day and doesn't believe in rest days.
Is this normal for pro athletes and if not could it be a contributory factor in his collapse at the end or did he just have an off day?
It made me think about an article I saw in the Guardian the same day about Alistair where it mentioned that he trains every day and doesn't believe in rest days.
Is this normal for pro athletes and if not could it be a contributory factor in his collapse at the end or did he just have an off day?
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I was also gutted to hear - no matter what else he does he can't win this years championship because you have to do a race out of europe and he missed them all due to injury.
I suppose that we can wait for the 2012 Olympics! Come on GBR!!
With all the training he's missed it's not surprising he had a shocker (by his standards!)
A blip, I reckon.
Fully trained I'd say he's pretty untouchable..until Jonny takes over!
Although in saying that, how many other athletes in the race, would have been pleased with his finish position, and how many others would have dug so deep.
He did a lot of work on the bike and we all were suprised how quick he took off from T2 to catch the leaders.
Watching on the big screen we saw Alistair slow then we started to look up the course for Gomez to appear..the next guy coming was Brownlee but it was nt until he was about to cross the line someone said "its Jonathan!". We looked back up the track and then saw Frodeno...then the next guy then the next......
When Alistair did appear never have so many people shouted and encouraged someone so much- heart wrenching but high drama.
I think he was also hypoglycaemic and that took it's toll.
Dude to the T2 cock up he was dropped to 20th of something silly so he demolished the 1st 400m in sub 55 seconds!!!!!
That's where it all went for for him - glycogen burned + no fuel =bonk.
Still , what an athlete he is. Amazing and I have massive respect for him and his brother. GB for gold in 2012 easily.
Two superb athletes. Brownlee benefited from Gomez' injury last season, and now the situation is reversed. I can't wait to see them take each other on after they've both had an injury free early season.
How telling was the front cover of this month's 220 mag? "I can beat my brother" by Jonny B. In fact JB's time in coming second was probably faster than any other OD time ever before Sunday (I understand Sunday was the fastest ever anyway). Brilliant stuff.
Sure we all wanted to see a Brit do well but I like the fact we as triathletes can acknowledge a good performance when we see one. Sub 1hr 45 was an hour quicker then me! Checking my splits even if i did nt do the run I'd still not have made the podium. Theres a lot to be said for fancy bikes and trainers I guess
I wonder, however, is the new World Series format going to play against these guys in their Olympic quest? For the ITU series they need to be in peak condition over a prolonged period, whereas the likes of Whitfield seem to peak for the Olympics. Frodeno didn't really figue too highly in ITU events pre-Beijing, did he? Tim Don claims his goal is to peak once or twice a season (and it helps if one of those carries a $200k pay cheque!).
After reading about Mo Farah winning gold in Barcelona in a time of 28:25 I checked the run splits from Sunday and can't believe how close they are considering Gomez had just swum 1500m and cycled 40k. It just shows what great athletes the pros are.