Blu posted on his IG that tomorrow he will be running Bergen City Half Marathon in preparation for 70.3 Worlds Championship.
How fast can he ran an open half marathon?
My prediction 62:49 pace of 2:59min/km…. He ran a couple of time sub 30 minutes 10km in triathlons but not sure 100% of accuracy even a 29:04
Blu posted on his IG that tomorrow he will be running Bergen City Half Marathon in preparation for 70.3 Worlds Championship.
How fast can he ran an open half marathon?
My prediction 62:49 pace of 2:59min/km…. He ran a couple of time sub 30 minutes 10km in triathlons but not sure 100% of accuracy even a 29:04
Course is far from fast. Lumpy course - one big climb- + I doubt he will be going deep in The well. My prediction is he will run 1:07-1:09
https://www.bergencitymarathon.no/planlegg-lopet-ditt/loypekart-2020/
Course profile, If youre interested. Height in Meters, not Feet😅
one thing about blum, though, is that he’s really good at sports.
Blu posted on his IG that tomorrow he will be running Bergen City Half Marathon in preparation for 70.3 Worlds Championship.
How fast can he ran an open half marathon?
My prediction 62:49 pace of 2:59min/km…. He ran a couple of time sub 30 minutes 10km in triathlons but not sure 100% of accuracy even a 29:04
My immediate thoughts were:
he won’t run that fast.
your maths needs improving. 2:59/km pace would be 62:57. 
1:06:28 official
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1:06:28 official
First of all it is cool that Kristian is running in his home town.
O am sure this was a threshold run.
He will most likely be on the bike this afternoon.
The half marathon is posted on Strave.
There you can see the course profile.
For everybody that has been in Bergen. You will not find a lot of flats.
1:06:28 official
First of all it is cool that Kristian is running in his home town.
O am sure this was a threshold run.
He will most likely be on the bike this afternoon.
The half marathon is posted on Strave.
There you can see the course profile.
For everybody that has been in Bergen. You will not find a lot of flats.
Strava displays 1:05:59 LOL if it’s not on Strava it didn’t happened…Race officially at 1:06:28 winning by 5 mins
Full results
https://live.ultimate.dk/...dex.php?eventid=5068
Strava
https://www.strava.com/activities/5864801487
Fantastic time like you mentioned not a flat course still a fast pace 3:09-3:10min/km, not sure how it will compare for worlds 70.3 I’m St George course will be modified that previous races adding twice the bid climb at 2mi over the 21.1km!
Too bad Kristian ran more on start than 21.1km the GAP - Graded average pace shows about 8 sec per km… so on a flat course he would be around 3:01-02min/km
I see Stornes ran the 5k also. 15:17
For a guy his size that is just damn fast.
For a guy his size that is just damn fast.
He ran sub 1.07 at the 70.3 Bahrain.
So he was not pushing today.
For a guy his size that is just damn fast.
He ran sub 1.07 at the 70.3 Bahrain.
So he was not pushing today.
hard to say though. At least in the US the majority of running races (or at least all the significant one) use certified courses. As we all know, triathlon courses are rarely certified and its hard to say they might not be off by several minutes. I’m pretty impressed with a triathlete running a 1:06 on an accurately measured course, even if they were going full race effort. And someone indicated this was not an easy course, have no idea maybe the Bahrain course was accurate, but is totally flat or had better conditions.
1:06 is a very impressive time, no need to sandbag the effort that might have been required to achieve it (unless you have access to the athletes HR data or something else from Strava that would provide evidence that is the case).
For a guy his size that is just damn fast.
He ran sub 1.07 at the 70.3 Bahrain.
So he was not pushing today.
i called it before the race, and i’m vindicated: blum is good at sports.
For a guy his size that is just damn fast.
You say that like hes actually big… hes like 74kg.
Really impressed with 1:06-mid on a course with 1k+ of vert. Wish he would’ve hopped in something flat/fast but credit to going to a tough race like this. Plus I guess this is more in line with the St. George course. I would guess sub-1:04, maybe sub-1:03, with his engine. He ran 13:50 for 5k on the roads at the start of the pandemic (1:03-low/mid equivalent). He wasn’t able to run a fast 10k on the track but definitely has 28-mid potential.
1:06:28 official
First of all it is cool that Kristian is running in his home town.
O am sure this was a threshold run.
He will most likely be on the bike this afternoon.
The half marathon is posted on Strave.
There you can see the course profile.
For everybody that has been in Bergen. You will not find a lot of flats.
Strava displays 1:05:59 LOL if it’s not on Strava it didn’t happened…Race officially at 1:06:28 winning by 5 mins
Full results
https://live.ultimate.dk/...dex.php?eventid=5068
Strava
https://www.strava.com/activities/5864801487
Fantastic time like you mentioned not a flat course still a fast pace 3:09-3:10min/km, not sure how it will compare for worlds 70.3 I’m St George course will be modified that previous races adding twice the bid climb at 2mi over the 21.1km!
Too bad Kristian ran more on start than 21.1km the GAP - Graded average pace shows about 8 sec per km… so on a flat course he would be around 3:01-02min/km
strava will always show your time for distance faster, because most certified races add 1% distance for error
Really impressed with 1:06-mid on a course with 1k+ of vert. Wish he would’ve hopped in something flat/fast but credit to going to a tough race like this. Plus I guess this is more in line with the St. George course. I would guess sub-1:04, maybe sub-1:03, with his engine. He ran 13:50 for 5k on the roads at the start of the pandemic (1:03-low/mid equivalent). He wasn’t able to run a fast 10k on the track but definitely has 28-mid potential.
Probably converted to a low 64 on a flat course today. I’d imagine he had more in the tank which might take things well into the 63s.
I’d imagine he had more in the tank which might take things well into the 63s. //
I have noticed a few of you saying this here in the thread, when have we ever seen this guy leave anything in the tank? Seems like folks making excuses for him, when a 1;06 on a hilly course is quite good on its own. That is the problem with our sport and all the so called legit distances, we get enamored with the times, and then disappointed when they are not really repeated on “legit” running courses. I think it was a great race for him, pretty elite to run that fast in the hills…
I’d imagine he had more in the tank which might take things well into the 63s. //
I have noticed a few of you saying this here in the thread, when have we ever seen this guy leave anything in the tank? Seems like folks making excuses for him, when a 1;06 on a hilly course is quite good on its own. That is the problem with our sport and all the so called legit distances, we get enamored with the times, and then disappointed when they are not really repeated on “legit” running courses. I think it was a great race for him, pretty elite to run that fast in the hills…
Because he had a swim and bike workouts later in the day. Intensity control is massive for Arild so I imagine that this was planned in.
I’ve been to Bergen and 66 is majestic on that course. Bergen is an absolutely horrendous place to run.
Yeahhh, I think both can be true. 1:06-mid is elite/plenty fast on that course. I still want to know what he could do in an open half. Obviously his time today is worth a minute or two faster. & I honestly dk what the plan was from his coach. This isn’t a peaking race so I’m sure he at least held a little something back or could have gone faster on tapered legs.
I like that times don’t matter a ton in our sport. But it is a lot easier to understand how good the athletes are when they do something on a “legit” course.