1poseur1 wrote:
devashish_paul wrote:
1poseur1 wrote:
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If Cam runs 2:35 in London he will tank his entire season. He won't recover from that for 8 weeks minimum at his "heavy" weight at around 160 lbs
So doing a full ironman every other week is no big deal but it is a straight marathon that puts him in a hole that he never recovers?
Yes and if you don't understand this, then you don't understand the difference between a slow Ironman marathon and a fast open marathon.
Actually, I do. But I will defer to you because, you know, you are the expert.
LOL, if you are going to be a dick about it thanks for the dickish compliment. But let's get back to the discussion on fast mid year marathons in a kona build.
Let's go through the history list and bring up a Kona winner who ran sub 2:40 in either an open marathon or IM marathon in the summer and backed it up with a Kona win in October. Frodo did that in Roth 2016 but that may be it.
Peter Reid did not do it after his 2:38 at IM Austria. Ralaert got close...sub 2:40 at Roth 2011 and third to Crowie at Kona (ran a lot slower in Kona in 2:47, but a Lange style run gets him the win).Frodo ran sub 2:40 at Frankfurt last year and was injured for Kona. Lange was jogging around Frankfurt (2:47) and on fire in Kona (sub 2:40).
Mark Allen, Luc Van Lierde, Crowie Dave Scott, Lange, Macca....everyone who has run 2:42 or lower in Kona never runs that fast mid year. When Frodo ran sub 2:40 in Roth, he won with a fairly slow run.