Often you simply kick back and ask yourself “how did he do that?” when viewing Kristian Blummenfelt on a triathlon course, and the Norwegian did it once again at IRONMAN Frankfurt.
The 30-year-old, who has actually won every significant reward the sport needs to use in the last 4 years, made an unbelievable go back to full-distance racing after nearly 2 years away, romping to a spectacular triumph in a time of 7:27:21. He was available in with restricted preparation, having actually raced the Mixed Relay at the Paris 2024 Olympics simply 13 days previously.
Blummenfelt complemented his outstanding day in the German city with a blistering 2:32:29 marathon– however it did not come without its obstacles. Among which is the scourge of many triathletes– both Pro and Age Group. The requirement to invest a penny/visit the toilet/restroom on the closing run.
Blummenfelt on IM Frankfurt toilet stop
‘Big Blu' led the race when the call of nature beckoned hard in Frankfurt, however that lead was just a reasonably little one over British surprise bundle Kieran Lindars. In some way, he was in, done and out, completely outfitted once again and still able to keep that lead. It was rather just a Porta Potty masterclass.
The guy from Bergen has actually now exposed all the information throughout the most recent episode of the Norwegian Method podcast, confessing was a circumstance that he understood would enter play from well before the race began.
“I wasn't able to go out my early morning s *** before the race. Since usually if you awaken 4 hours before what you did the day previously, or like your regular rhythm, despite the fact that I slept well, like my stomach wasn't into that rhythm. I still had incomplete company when I began running. It wasn't actually a huge surprise.”
Blummenfelt for that reason understood this would be a pushing problem on the run, however he still required the elite method to handle it efficiently without negatively affecting his success quote excessive. The greatest problem? Discovering an uninhabited Porta Potty.
Kristian Blummenfelt commemorates triumph at IRONMAN Frankfurt 2024 [Photo credit: Getty Images for IRONMAN]
Elite Porta Potty method
He described: “I was attempting to hold it back for as long as possible and there were a couple of times I went through the help station, ‘should I enter?'. I didn't wish to go to a toilet when it was inhabited.
“I believe the left side was inhabited however thankfully the right was readily available. I didn't have to undress and stand there and wait. I was running with a space of like 20 seconds to 2nd location and for a couple of Ks I was attempting to not worry about possibly being captured up. It might have been great to be running together on the 3rd lap. I believed if I fast on the toilet possibly I will come out 5 to 10 seconds behind him out of the toilet and run in his back for the 3rd lap before attempting to make a relocation.
