Canuck1 wrote:
I don't think Ali will master Kona (at least for a long while) and I could see him doing a Simon Lessing type race and not even finishing Part of my rationale is thinking
1. heat is not his friend
This gets mentioned a lot, but whenever anyone queries it, no-one can point out an instance where he has actually struggled in the heat. In fact a lot of his big wins have come in Kona like conditions, Rio, Beijng, Gold Coast etc There was one race in the heat where he ran a 35min 10km, but that was his first race back after a long injury lay off and the only reason is his brother has struggled a few times and so he gets tarred with the same brush.
Edit - just saw that he's currently training in the Arizona desert, 100F heat.