Blummenfelt is definitely one of the ITU stories of the year. I assume his run in Yoko was partially due to the relatively cooler weather, but still…to outrun guys like Alarza and all the (presumably) tapered guys trying to score points/ secure slots was very impressive.
Is he as big as he looks, or is his build deceptive? Obviously he isn’t big for a regular person, but compared to the fast ITU runners he looks massive. Haven’t been able to find height/ weight yet. It does appear that he has some track record of success as a junior, so he isn’t coming out of nowhere.
Assuming he is significantly stockier than the other guys, what would it take physiologically to outrun them? Is that a VO2 max thing? At least with a guy like Brukhankov there’s the stride length thing.
I’m not implying doping, just curious about the science-y side of this.
He’s got good body lean, at least in this pic. When he went off with Mola it was pretty impressive that he didn’t fade more than he did. He’s definitely built more like football player compared with Mola, who almost looks like he hasn’t eaten in a week.
He’s definitely lost a lot of weight compared to a couple years ago, clearly with an eye to fixing his weakness, which was running. But to go from an uber-biker who would tend to immediately struggle in the run, to what he did in Yokohama is, well, pretty unbelievable.
He’s definitely lost a lot of weight compared to a couple years ago, clearly with an eye to fixing his weakness, which was running. But to go from an uber-biker who would tend to immediately struggle in the run, to what he did in Yokohama is, well, pretty unbelievable.
I don’t see the weight loss, solid as ever on my TV. Everything I read has him either 76-77 kg. Which is very heavy for his height.
Wow - the first two charts I looked at indicated anything over 60 is excellent…
BMI (for whatever it is worth) is around 23 at those numbers you gave. On the higher end of normal, so no waif.
It will be interesting to see him on a hard bike course.
In Rio I expect him and the Brownlees to go hard on the bike to soften the others.
As far as I know his training is in line with a lot of endurance training in Norway, similar to xc-skiers.
Not sure if that is a nice reference to give considering that at least two of the top names are dopers (Johaug, Sundby) and many seem to have TUE’s…
Hey that is an unfair association. I think Halvard was just pointing to his training to be similar to XC skiers. It’s not Blummenfelt’s fault that some athletes from his country got busted for doping. No one should be painted with the doping brush just because of countrymen/women who got busted. This athlete is pretty amazing and he’s still so young. Lots of room to keep getting better. Everyone should be scared of him.
When watching him on TV we’ve always remarked on how much he looks like a Middle Weight NCAA wrestler rather than a runner or swimmer. Pure chunky muscle added to great athleticism and speed.
