Today is the birthday of Alistair Brownlee. We all know what he wants this year. Unfortunately, he is not on the ITU San Diego startling list.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb1DSUF5axk
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Another great article on Reid Coolsaet.
“My rise to whatever sort of success that I’ve had came with more hard work than a lot of other people and it came a bit later because it took time to build that aerobic base and stuff.”
In the months leading up to a race, Coolsaet will typically run 36 kilometres a day, broken up into legs of 23 kms in the morning and 13 in the evening.
“Once a week we will just do one long run which can be anywhere from 30 to 45K,” he says.
Together, these runs add up to more than five 42-km marathons a week, Coolsaet says.
To fuel that pneumatic pounding, Coolsaet typically takes in 3,500 calories a day, where most men his age and size would make do with 2,100.
And he basically burns up everything he downs.
“Probably even a little bit more,” he says. “I’ll start off right now at 140 pounds but by marathon race day . . . I’ll probably be down to 136.
“And the funny part is, I’m probably a bit heavier than a few of the other marathoners I’ll be competing against.”
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New Dura Ace 2013 > 11 speeds.