Kristian Blummenfelt<\/a><\/strong> in Milwaukee, but said the effort needed to win his penultimate race can\u2019t carry on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t know how many pieces of tape I\u2019ve got holding me together today,\u201d he said when interviewed post-race. \u201cI love it, I really do, but I\u2019m not sure my body would have another season in me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nFrodeno, who turns 42 is under a fortnight, added: \u201cMentally, I\u2019m looking forward to other adventures, supporting my peers and [in reference to helping out at an aid station in last year\u2019s Ironman World Championship in Hawaii] handing out water cups when the girls are suffering out on the island.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nHaving been beaten into fourth place in the PTO European Open in May, and finished fourth in the Ironman European Championships in Hamburg, Frodeno only had a lowkey victory in Ironman 70.3 Andorra to show for a season where after two disrupted years he has finally been able to get back racing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI was nervous coming in,\u201d he admitted. \u201cI knew the preparation was good but I pushed it to the limit coming here, knowing the season is [now] two races long for me and that\u2019s how I wanted to finish my career \u2013 not just from a racing perspective, but seeing where my own physical limit is.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThat unfortunately meant that I trained around 40hr last week, missed the flight and spent a day at the airport, so I was pretty cooked the last few days. It\u2019s an emotional rollercoaster every single time and you\u2019re so invested in it as an athlete.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nFrodeno was undergoing knee surgery 12 months ago and went on to say that despite the world-beating performances, he has the same doubts as any regular triathlete.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cOften we just think of the last session and how we performed is what we\u2019re worth as a human being. It\u2019s just the way it is. But as my wife said, it\u2019s a good thing to get as many sh*t sessions out beforehand, and then have a great race!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nHe also had a special word for Blummenfelt who has been outspoken about beating all-comers, including Frodeno, but despite all his other triathlon titles has yet to win a PTO Tour event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cKristian has been so very vocal in the last few years and I know he beat me in Ibiza but he didn\u2019t win, so to me it doesn\u2019t count. So to go 1-0 on him, I\u2019m pretty happy with it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nFrodeno\u2019s focus will now move to the men\u2019s Ironman World Championship in Nice on Sunday, September 10, where after his showing in Wisconsin, he will be even shorter odds to take a fourth Ironman world crown, which would place him only behind six-time winners Dave Scott and Mark Allen in the list of M-Dot titles.<\/span><\/p>\nPic credit: PTO<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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