#42 - Jersey Super League + 2017 Kona Predictions

• What’s going on, America? Tom Petty, Hugh Hefner, incident in Las Vegas .... WTF? 
• How often is Macca running/training?
• MaccaNOW and MaccaX at Super League Jersey – guest-starring Alistair Brownlee
• Swozzi, HeiQ designed Super League Jersey uniforms
• Next Super League Triathlon event…
• Big takeaways from Super League Triathlon
• Women’s race – Katie Zaferes, Nicola Spirig
• Men’s race – Kristian Blummenfelt
• Breakout commentating from Alistair Brownlee and Vicky Holland
• Prize money breakdown
• How many days of racing is ideal
• Like the Super League Triathlon Facebook Page
• Two weeks from Kona – who’s mentally there?
• Lionel Sanders getting plenty of fan support
• Pete Jacobs, Frederik van Lierde, Sebastian Kienle all won Kona once, only previous champions racing
• War is between Kienle, Jan Frodeno, James Cunnama, Sanders
• Kona record 8:03 – who could break it? Winds of Kona
• Most races set up for faster times unlike Kona
• Tim Don vulnerable on bike but tactically strong on run
• Bike ride is more aggressive, impacts the marathon
• Macca’s Kona races – does he miss it?
• Normann Stadler and Macca now on good terms
• Effect of social media on athlete mental state
• Women’s race is Daniela Ryf’s to lose, sorry Chrissie
• Triple Crown is on – Ryf and Javier Gomez
• Shaikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa wants to qualify for Kona
• MaccaX member Evelyn Salama racing in Kona – best tips for a first-timer
• Macca going to Beijing for Under Armour

 

Team MaccaX Questions:

Stuart Gray – How to manage own expectations after setting new PRs?

Ian Farrell – What do you think of the run-walk strategy for Ironman marathon?

 

Kona underdog predictions:

• James Cunnama in red-hot form with mega-run
• Lionel Sanders could be in top 10
• Sebastian Kienle
• Ben Hoffman with consistent year, tough to beat, clever racer
• Terenzo Bozzone needs a big performance, sweats a lot

 

Heat prep for Kona: dry heat vs. humid heat

Altitude training benefits smaller guys rather than big guys