Good for Rolf. Who the hell is he?

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http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...i?post=748786#748786

I believe Mr. GeeForces has some crow to consume today.

wow

wow is right, now look out for him at IM Lanzarote.

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Where's the Fried Chicken??

Yay - Rolf!

Halb1: 01:19:03 Halb2: 01:23:50

Looks like he was aiming to break 2:40. Next time.

Next stop Lanzarote! What are people predicting? Obviously sub 10...

friggin positive splitting poser Damn Rolf, if he could have just negative split (or even split with that starting 1:19) he would have done the sub 2:40 that I predicted. Congrats to Rolf!

Damn. Nice race by a cyclist! Lance better strap his shoes on tight if he's going to top that!

Ok...dude can ride...now we know he can run...anyone think he can get that stick-like upper-body moving fast in the water?

If this Hamburg Marathon did not do him in (from a recovery perspective), "stickboy Aldag" might actually go sub 9 at Lanzarote....

It will be stretch given that the two events are only ~5 weeks apart.

Dev

Hmmmm....

a few days off...then a week of swimming...then back on the bike...then run some...

I think 5 weeks is plenty to recover and even get in a bit of work...

I realize it is plenty time to recover and get some solid training in, but even 5 weeks after a tough marathon, when you go "deep deep" into the tank like you would at Lanzarote, you know how hard it can be.

I realize he had years of base and yearly volume averages that are likely quadruple that of most posters on this forum, but nevertheless, we're talking about recovery from a 2:42 which tends to be a lot tougher than recovering from a 3:10 (ie more newtons of force being dissapated by the body per footstrike) combined with Lanzarote, the toughest Ironman in the world outside of Embrunman.

Nevertheless, I think he can pull off a sub 9. Perhaps Cheasumo can pipe in with his thoughts as he is pretty up on the Euro racing scene.

Dev

He's an experienced tour rider. Something tells me he has this "recovery" thing sorted out.

Who says he went deep in the tank at Hamburg. He may be faster than we think. Set a pretty good marker for Lance.

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True...he may have not gone that far in the tank, but a 2;42 by anyone is likely enough to have some kind of an impact on optimal Lanzarote preparation, even if he does recover quickly. If nothing else it interrupts his prep for Lanzarote. Perhaps he did zero taper for Hamburg, but usually you are not spending 6-4 weeks out from an Ironman tapering and recovering from a marathon. You'd normally be doing pretty big Ironman specific volume combined with some intensity.