{"id":18241,"date":"2022-10-05T12:57:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T10:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/?p=114672"},"modified":"2022-10-05T13:07:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T11:07:11","slug":"lionel-sanders-keen-to-see-limits-of-human-potential","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/rss_feed\/lionel-sanders-keen-to-see-limits-of-human-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Sanders keen to see \u201climits of human potential\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Tim Heming\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 05 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><strong><a href=\"&quot;\/news\/athletes\/who-is-lionel-sanders\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Lionel Sanders<\/a> is not a man to mince his words.\u00a0He\u2019s not bigging up his own credentials for the Ironman World Championship, but is firmly in the corner of <a href=\"&quot;\/news\/athletes\/who-is-kristian-blummenfelt\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Kristian Blummenfelt<\/a> and <a href=\"&quot;\/news\/athletes\/who-is-gustav-iden\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Gustav Iden<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 despite the pair having never raced in Hawaii before.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/news\/blummenfelt-my-moneys-on-the-new-generation\/&quot;\">Blummenfelt: My money\u2019s on the new generation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">The Canadian triathlete who has twice finished second in the world champs \u2013 in Hawaii in 2017 and St George in May \u2013 is among the favourites as the event returns to the Big Island for the first time in three years.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">But despite an impressively controlled performance in Utah, where he ran through to finish second with a 2:42:24 marathon, the 34-year-old is taking nothing for granted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">\u201cI will not jinx myself and say I have the marathon sorted,\u201d the PTO-ranked world No 4 said at <a href=\"&quot;\/news\/best-one-liners-from-the-ironman-world-champs-press-conference\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>the pre-race press conference<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t think you ever have it sorted in this race.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><strong>Understanding the distance\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Having had a string of disappointing Ironman performances since his second-place finish to <a href=\"&quot;\/news\/athletes\/who-is-patrick-lange\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Patrick Lange<\/strong><\/a> in 2017, Sanders has put a renewed focus on understanding the distance in the past 20 months.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">\u201cI devoted the 2021 season to figure out how to race the distance and had five performances which got better and culminated this year in <a href=\"&quot;\/news\/kristian-blummenfelt-charges-to-ironman-world-championship-win\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>St George in May<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">\u201cBut this is a totally different race course against hard competition and crazy tactical dynamics.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul><li dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/news\/joe-skipper-if-the-norwegians-dont-win-its-a-failure\/&quot;\">Joe Skipper: If the Norwegians don\u2019t win it\u2019s a failure<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"&quot;row&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;col-10\" offset-1=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;template-article__pullquote\" mt-md=\"\" mb-md=\"\"> <blockquote class=\"&quot;pullquote\" heading-4=\"\"> <span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--left=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/>I started looking at core sensors and this whole world of analysis opened up. Then I realised that the Norwegians helped develop these sensors years ago. They&#8217;re not rookies, they already know the demands of this race<span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--right=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> <\/blockquote> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div> <p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Having been beaten by Blummenfelt in St George and Iden at Ironman Florida in November, Sanders \u2013 who is coached by Iden\u2019s brother Mikal \u2013 is eager to see how quick the Norwegian duo can go.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><strong>Attention to detail<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve Kristian and Gustav here who are astute at pushing the limits of human potential,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">\u201cIt would appear Kona is a human limiter with the heat and there\u2019s a cap, but if anyone can exceed that cap it\u2019ll be these two guys, and I\u2019m fascinated to be part of it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">\u201cIt\u2019s interesting to see their attention to detail and just how technical everything is. In Dallas a couple of weeks ago I had a complete blow-up, which was humbling.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">\u201cI started looking at core sensors and this whole world of analysis opened up.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">\u201cThen I realised that these guys helped develop these sensors years ago and used it to develop their tri-suits.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">\u201cThey\u2019ve already thought about this stuff so they are not rookies coming in, they already know the demands of this race.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> \n<ul><li dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/training\/long-distance\/how-kristian-blummenfelt-plans-to-win-kona\/&quot;\">How Kristian Blummenfelt plans to win Kona<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/news\/can-anyone-beat-blummenfelt-in-kona\/&quot;\">Can anyone beat Blummenfelt in Kona?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/blog\/ironman-world-championship-mens-preview\/&quot;\">Who will win the men\u2019s race at the Ironman World Championship?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/blog\/ironman-world-championship-womens-preview\/&quot;\">Who will win the women\u2019s race at the Ironman World Championship?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/news\/how-to-watch-the-ironman-world-championships\/&quot;\">How to watch the Ironman World Championship live<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section><p><strong>Top image credit:<\/strong> Tom Pennington\/Getty Images for Ironman<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tim Heming Published: Wednesday, 05 October 2022 at 12:00 am Lionel Sanders is not a man to mince his words.\u00a0He\u2019s not bigging up his own credentials for the Ironman World Championship, but is firmly in the corner of Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden\u00a0\u2013 despite the pair having never raced in Hawaii before. 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