Breaking records: Kristian Blummenfelt - a podcast by Helen Murray

Kristian Blummenfelt talks through his performance at Ironman 70.3 Bahrain where he broke his own World Record, to take the win for the third consecutive year. You'll get the low down on:
Why his watts are so low on his Strava file from the raceHis thoughts on lead motorbikes being'part of the game'Why he believes Norway go in to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a massive advantage
Why he'd love to give the Ironman World Championships a crack in 2020, if he were to win Olympic gold
He also talks very openly about guilty feelings towards training and switching off over the festive period and the mental struggles of going easy on easy daysLIKE WHAT YOU HEARD?
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SIGNED SUPER LEAGUE TRI TROPHY FOR MOVE CHARITYThank you if you donated to the raffle for a chance to win Kristian Blummenfelt's signed Super League Triathlon Malta trophy. You helped to raise nearly £850 for https://movecharity.org/ (MOVE Charity), which supports young people affected by cancer by helping them to keep moving.
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INTERVIEW TIME LINE**Interview times, not the whole episode
00:00 –Kristian talks about a few easier days, with training reduced by 50% following his race at Ironman 70.3 Bahrain.02:00 – “My power metre didn’t want to connect and my heart rate was going in and out, I was riding a lot of the bike leg blind, I think my average power was 200 watts. But the conditions were good and the motorbike filming in front at some points, enabled some good drafting from it, which helped me a little bit and we were taking it in turns, so we were sharing the work.”
03:41 Would it not annoy you if you were further back and you weren’t behind the motorbike? “It would annoy me...

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