There is little that screams world champion when Kristian Blummenfelt is welcomed by teammates Gustav Iden and Casper Stornes in AdO Arena. About as fast as he is congratulated on the Ironman World Cup title, he is jacked down to earth. But he has to apologize for the holey bathing suit and that he is the last to show up for training. news meets him less than four days after he competed in 7.49.16 hours in St. George in the USA. The body is still bruised. The circadian rhythm does not resemble the pig. But he does not have time to think about that now. The recovery phase starts in the swimming pool, before continuing on the bike. The reason for the rough rest time: Three weeks later, on Sunday 5 June, he will embark on a record attempt. An important piece And to ensure optimal entry to the new race, he wears a small, black detail on his left upper arm. It contains a sensor that is suspiciously similar to the one diabetics use to measure blood sugar. The purpose is the same, but the triathlete is not sick. The chip helps to optimize everyday training. – It measures blood sugar 24/7 which means that we can get a better understanding of how it is before and during the sessions, and when you sleep, Blummenfelt says to news. Few sports are as computer-driven as triathlon, and few athletes appear as interested in the analyzes as Blummenfelt. More and more of the world stars use the tool that is illegal to use during competition in cycling. Blummenfelt believes that they fear that the entertainment value will disappear if the performers do not go on a rampage every now and then. SUCCESS: Kristian Blummenfelt followed up the Olympic gold from the summer of 2021 with gold in the Ironman World Championships in May. Photo: TOM PENNINGTON / AFP For my own part, it’s about squeezing seconds and meters: – If you have the right air pressure in the tire, if you take a chain and wash it, it grows and boils it up. It may be only 5-6 watts. But if you pick up the small percentages of everything, it quickly becomes many percentages in total, says Blummenfelt – and draws a picture of the effect: – Instead of lying just above the threshold and producing lactic acid, you lie just below and are fresher on the run . Every single thing may not make such a big difference, but together it does make a part. Psychological advantage The concept of threshold is largely about how hard you can work, over time, without hardening as a result of lactic acid. Athletes constantly balance on the limit of what the body allows of cycling and running without going on a rampage. – It is good to get that advantage in percentage, but also mentally, Blummenfelt smiles. – It’s a bit funny how it has changed a lot in 3-4 years ago. The competitors may have giggled a little that we spent so much time in the lab, the lactate samples and all the sensors. But now it’s maybe a bit like “fuck, they win everything”, so now you see that they try it themselves and copy. Attempts at a record-breaking ironman distance In a similar way as Eliud Kipchoge ran a marathon distance of less than two hours in Vienna, Kristian Blummenfelt will on Sunday try to get under seven hours of the ironman distance. It takes place just north of the German city of Dresden. The Norwegian himself holds the world record of 7.21.12 hours, set in Cozumel before the New Year. It will stand anyway. Cruise control is not allowed in a real Ironman, as they should be in the sub-7 project where he competes against Alistair Brownlee. OLYMPIC WINNER AGAINST OLYMPIC WINNER: Alistair Brownlee (right) will be in action against Kristian Blummenfelt. The Briton won Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro, ahead of his brother Jonathan (left) in 2016. The 34-year-old Briton won the Olympics in 2012 and 2014 and has a number of World Cup and European Championship golds. Photo: David Goldman / AP Blummenfelt gets two swimmers the first 3.8 kilometers, before seven cyclists will give him shelter from the wind and ensure high speed for 180 kilometers. On the final marathon stage, he gets a hare to keep the speed high enough to break the seven-hour limit.
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