About this episode

Gustav discusses his performance and training leading up to his second place finish at Ironman Frankfurt.

Gustav joins David following his outstanding second place in Frankfurt, discussing the race and his recent training and form. (00:00) Introduction (00:30) How is Gustav? (00:53) Recent Training Form (01:27) What’s Changed Recently to Improve Training? (02:42) How Does Gustav Know When Things are Going Well? (03:37) Comparing Within the Group (04:56) Sympathy vs Suffering in Training (06:00) Race Alteration and Implications (08:23) Pacing the Odd Distance (09:45) Pacing the Bike (10:53) Pacing the Run (11:55) What’s Changed on the Swim for Gustav? (13:35) Thoughts on the Bike (17:10) Gustav’s Bike Position (21:41) Thoughts in T2 (23:30) Cause of Bad Legs on the Run (25:05) What was Being Said in T2? (25:50) Thoughts when Jamie was Leading on the Run (26:44) Is it Hard Racing Mikal’s Athletes (28:20) Was Gustav Surprised to See Casper Go Off the Front? (29:05) How is Gustav Feeling About his Run Form? (32:19) Implications of Run Form (33:12) Run Volume (34:07) Run Times and Thoughts About it (36:00) How Does Gustav Feel About His Build this Season (37:00) Training Plans Going Forward (37:57) Rating his Race (38:42) The Curse of Frankfurt and the Lucky Cap (39:30) Racing Plans…

People in this episode

Host: David

Guest: Gustav

Topics covered

• Ironman Frankfurt
• training
• race review
• pacing
• performance analysis

Keywords

• Ironman
• Frankfurt
• training form
• pacing
• race strategy
• Gustav
• Maurten

Sponsors

Maurten

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