ToBeasy wrote:
Yes, I think apart from his ideal body and talent for long distance, Frodeno strikes me as the most professional one. Of course all the guys are training very hard and living for the sport 24/7. But sometimes there seem to be small things that are not ideal.
Brownlee trains a lot and hard and can push himself, but maybe he cannot hold himself back and pace. And I heared rumours that he eats chocolate croissants and stuff like that all the time.
Sanders has not less of a drive. But he often goes from one extreme to the next and does silly things out of emotions. He also doesn't have a huge team behind him. (Don't get me wrong, because of that I want to see him win Kona).
But Frodeno seems to prepare how a Football team would prepare or how NASA prepares an expedition. He even hires his own physical therapist that follows him around the world and treats him multiple times per day and prevents stuff from even happening. Frodeno says it was his best ever investment.
He is also very disciplined and knows when to hold back. He trains consistently and does not overreach in one week and then misses sessions the next. The same goes for pacing. No suicidal surges etc.
Then he eats very clean without depleting himself. So he looks for good quality all the time but does never starve. (In his book he writes that he is now at 76-77 kilos and a bit heavier than in ITU but he feels well. During his early days he sometimes depleted himself and tried to get leaner what often did more harm than good).
As well as this he has his mangager that plans everything and leaves nothing to chance.
I think Frodeno has the perfect body for long course. Tall and strong what is good for swimming and TTing but still very narrow and lean to help his running and cooling in the heat.
OK now that I jinxed Frodo with this thread and he is supposedly out with a hip fracture, who do you guys want me to jinx next before Kona. Luckily I did not start a Lucy Charles thread as I would like to see her unseat Daniela!