Zimzala1 wrote:
Make no mistake A Brownlee is an international class runner. He has been UK men's cross country champion before and if he lost some swim bike kilos would be capable of getting in the uk athletics team at 10km and or marathon.
Its going to take someone who is the complete swim bike and very fast runner to beat him.
Just don't think that athlete exists any time soon.
Agree with almost all of this but not sure he's ever been the Britsh X-C champ - schools yes and possibly junior but I don't think he has a senior title.
In any event, with multiple 180 degree turns, a jog down the home stretch and an uneven course to contend with he ran 1 second slower than our 2nd place 10,000m runner (yes I'm aware how unfair that is but it's still a crazy stat!)
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