Kristian Blummenfelt Unpacks Kona, The Olympics, & Lessons From Failure | Rich Roll Podcast

[@richroll]

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[@Uresh-aab]

Rich why arent you Active on Strava? Are you recovering currently of an injury??

[@adamkholz]

I had the opportunity to meet Kristian and Gustav in Kona, after we all had a tough day out on the Queen K. They were welcoming, encouraging, humble, vulnerable, and curious. Fantastic ambassadors for the sport. They’re both already incredibly accomplished, yet have that fire inside them all champions possess. Can’t wait to listen and watch what these guys do in the future. All aboard the Norwegian Hype Train ❤

[@DR_1_1]

"Humble and vulnerable"... wasn't he bragging how he would beat Pogacar and win the TdF, but never join UAE because they are not professional enough for him as they allow alcohol?

[@ironmanstrong6359]

you nailed it perfectly, Rich. I too believe it is the mindset of a true champion, where others are scared sh*tless, he dares to try the unthinkable

[@KyleSchmidt]

Rich always has the best guests and asks all the right questions. Thank you!!!

[@andreskinsella1317]

What an amazing interview - thank you so much - I truly enjoyed. You managed to make a guy such as this , bred and built to be in constant motion and not sitting on a chair having an interview, totally comfortable and willing to share. Credit to your preparation and devotion.

[@HuynhThuyen-d7y]

Love Kristian- a real champion with passion- humbleness and growth mindset❤

[@kvanc2763]

Love Kristian. Great episode!

[@helkeseitz4704]

Hi Kristian, the (ultra) trail running community is also happy to welcome you!

[@PatrickDelorenzi]

KB is truly built different and is a great ambassador for the sport

[@kazzz2510]

Thanks Rich, what a great guy...and...I purchased Oneskin for me to help with the Australian sun...k

[@austincrain4919]

Great episode! Can’t wait for the David Roache episode!

[@nelson_alexander]

KB is so awesome.

[@JoalHarding]

Let's go KB! #resilience

[@fernandog.aguirre2791]

Please, go back into previous Kona's data and you will find that each year when the wind wasn't there the bike splits were faster and some breaking records. Well athletes that abuse of that non wind conditions will pay the price later. No much to think about it. I'm still amaze that KB with that heavy build up can sustain endurance races.

[@jonmackay_TSD]

His “build” helps with power via strength.

[@uli3kat]

Yes Rich - love this content

[@ironmanstrong6359]

if he figures out the carb intake and the vomitting issue he's gonna beat anybody anywhere

[@MarkLRandall]

He’s also had a cramping issue. Lots to balance, lots of competition.

[@faustocoppi4072]

Like a famous Slovakian philosopher once said, if the dog doesn't shit he explodes.

[@rogerc23]

@@faustocoppi4072 same reason why woman don’t fart. They never stop talking long enough to build up pressure

[@juansanchez1839]

Pro cyclist…I have no doubt he’ll be able to ride well as part of a cycling team, deliver good numbers, similar to what Wurf does. But, to content for TDF title? That’s stretching it a bit, this is a whole different animal.

[@jenblied9193]

Rich was trying to bait Kristian into saying negative things about age-groupers. 🙄. Kristian handled it well.

[@themeister4163]

Interesting, but how about interviewing Patrick Lange?

[@richroll]

We’ve discussed it. Just schedule alignment. Confident it will happen when it’s meant to happen.

[@brentcharlton1065]

Blu needs the David Roche nose strip! #ProblemSolved! #FreeTheDavidRochePodcast 😂

[@francisgerz1281]

i strongly doubt if after a certain age (after 30) one can reach back very high intensity und very high speed.

[@PietroSurjus]

Yeah!!

[@Seba-og8dt]

Rich roll should let his interview partners finish and not interrupt them

[@ebells33]

Rich has the best guests, but I struggle watching as Rich talks too much!

[@Sparto91]

Agreed. Asks Kristian about Kona then proceeds to cut him off 3 times as he describes it lol

[@Rich-l6r]

it's a California thing 🤣😅😂

[@Subscribenow202]

Rich roll is notorious for this. He always tries to summarize what the person is saying and throws in some fancy words to show off. It’s very annoying .

[@__Naht]

@@Subscribenow202This! I thought it was just me thinking this! So relieved!

[@rjupoig1455]

In the analysis the vomiting was not mentioned. My guess is that this is a huge factor in performance.

[@__Naht]

Yep agree. Olav mentioned it briefly in a recent podcast also (being that he was vomiting a day or two before the start of the race in Kona, so was already likely depleted in the immediate lead up. Not ideal prep, even for KB.

[@rileymartin22]

Kristian needs to take notes from David Roche for keeping carbs down 😅

[@jfernandocruzb]

Let's go KB

[@baltsu]

Football world championships take place every four year. Hence, I don't understand why it's such a big deal that an athlete has to wait two years to get back to Kona. I think Côte d'Azur is a nice environment in general and it's good that athletes get chance to compete in different places because some are not as strong in heat as others. It doesn't justify calling something World championships if it was organized in the one location every single time.

[@mamoun15]

I get your point of view but there is also an argument to have the Worlds Champ in one of the toughest courses on the planet. I don't think that's unfair. If you can't manage the heat, you don't deserve to be world champion

[@ojoaoleal]

Once KB wins Kona he will be, undoubtedly, the GOAT.

[@vincentkrause7097]

No Jan Frodeno is the GOAT 3 Koma wins, olympic Gold

[@MarkLRandall]

One Kona win does not a GOAT make.

[@jamesd5241]

he cant surpass Frodeno, he got beat by frodeno when he was 41 years old, blu in his peak, and at a short distance race. cant come back from that now

[@cvv800]

How could he be the GOAT if with the age of 33 he had won 2 races, having his a$$ banged for years. He was dominating long distance for a few years that's it. g​@@vincentkrause7097

[@cvv800]

Frodeno is not the GOAT of triathlon and never will be, he dominated long distance for a few years, Now Lange has also three Kona's and he beates Frodeno twice at his peak and both still far away from Mark Allen. Frodeno was for a decade a tier two athlete in olympic distance he won two races in ten years!!! How can be the goat losing every f.... race!!! n​@@jamesd5241

[@ricardo1000821]

Name droping David Roche and we havent seen the podcast yet... :(

[@stoneysanders628]

Just listening to his analysis of his run deficit before the Paris Olympics, it seems like an easy fix would be to lose some weight. Extra body weight hurts your run speed way more than it hurts the swim or bike. If the Norwegian Method is so scientific, this seems like an easy fix with diet.

[@Naah732]

Where have you found any measure of proof that losing weight for a triathlete leads to faster run splits?

[@againstdrivingdrunk614]

yea hes really good and trains a lot of years and big years and races well and 3 sports .... but, he didnt do 28:40 10km at 2020 olympics ... he even agrees .... its not hate you guys are just ppl that dont understand running times etc ...

[@Phat-rj3jo]

KB to me is interesting, he seems to have some fat on his body that we don’t see on most elite endurance athletes, yet he can perform at the highest level.

[@petermoysey5332]

I think it looks like it, but it is body type. Tough to change

[@pro-fondeurs]

Right. That's the only "flaw" in this otherwise great interview. Rich Roll had many occasions to bring the topic of KB weight, fat, or body type (whatever you want to call it). I disagree with anyone telling it is body type. Yes, he is not ectomorph like Alex Yee. But when he won the Olympics (and raced ITU triathlons prior to his switch to long distances), he was much leaner. He gained so much volume in is upper body in the last few years. It raises questions. Many. But, for sure, it is one of the main reason why he was, like he said, 50-60 sec behind leaders in Paris for the run. 5 pounds over a 10 km, it's exactly that gap. Then, with a body like his, dealing with Kona's heat is cleary a bigger challenge. Then, about the aborted pro cycling project, the main problem with his ambitious goals was his weight. At the higher stage, in cycling, you won't compete against the best if your power to weight ratio in not suited for the big climbs. It would have been very tricky to bring up the topic of his body shape in the interview, but we would really like KB to talk about it and explain how it is possible that despite all this evidence-based scientific method and carefull monitoring of every physiological little detail he got to the point where his body looks weird among short course triathletes (it was not 4-5 years ago). The only problem...is that we have to aknowledge that this change could also well be due to some kind of doping. Hearing doubtful answers from KB would only create doubts about it (what has not been done, from what I know)

[@Slow.Smooth]

You need body fat to operate. Dude is the champ of everything already. He knows what he’s doing. You’re commenting on KZbin.

[@pro-fondeurs]

@@Slow.Smooth About my comment, you are absolutely right. Why did I comment on KZbin? And, I mean it, sincerly. I could and should shut up. The fact is that I have better things to do, such as taking care of those quite good not so bad level athletes I coach, like I have been doing for the past 25 years or so. No one won everything like KB did, far from that. But when coaching you quickly learn that results are not always a proof everything was fine leading to them. Now, that's it for me. I go back to athletes I have to take care of. I do not need to spend more time here because it is truly useless, indeed.

[@frontierlandfrank5314]

@@pro-fondeurshis coach was asked about this in an interview a while back and discussed that KBs numbers are always better when he’s bigger. Ie not trying to diet to a certain scale weight.

[@life_well_lift_2]

I think Podgacer has a higher VO2 max - in the fact that it is recorded

[@willbilson7210]

Reaction in the throat like heartburn?

[@1519Spring]

Resoect. Finishing if it is safe to do so is best.

[@letsrelaxwithtexts2114]

Use glutamine, dandelion and milk thistle in the race... better digestion

[@CarnivoreDMD]

It’s called carbohydrate intolerance, and it was known by Dave Scott, Mark Allen and Paula Newby Frasier you need to learn how to titrate glucose to control your blood sugar level while exercising not see how many carbohydrates you consume. You have enough carbohydrates and energy stores to run numerous marathons fatigue is controlled by blood sugar control Look into professor Tim Noakes he can help get you back .

[@carolgerber6375]

It seems they approach training very robotic. These guys are human, not machines.

[@End_Illegal_Apartheid_israhell]

KB is the GOAT or our sport. Nobody comes close. Only MA was close but in the age of the dinosaurs. MA won Kona and Avignon world's months apart. Frodeno needed 7 years btw his short course world title and IM world title, something KB did in months and on a harder IM course in Utah. Then KB went BACK DOWN to the Olympics. Jan could never do that. Unrivaled GOAT status for KB. Jan could never cross over distances in a season because he never had the ability to. Many people have done what Jan has done but much faster. And head to head, KB was better than Jan also. They beat each other once but KB's gap over Jan in PTO Ibiza was much bigger than Jan's gap over KB at PTO US open... and KB was ranked PTO #1, crushing Jan as a....... SHORT COURSE athletes with no TT training. KB's part-time side hustle (PTO and IM) was better than all long course athletes with TT position training.

[@Gufenaugh]

Agree. KB & Gustov need to recognize the achievements of Jan and Patrick over severals years and Rome not built in a day. Competition and science has produced a more competitive environment. Being 100% on one special day is tough to hit.

[@MarkLRandall]

Too early to call him the GOAT, not at this point.

[@End_Illegal_Apartheid_israhell]

@@MarkLRandall Too late. He did it in 2021. It's ability. Doing what nobody else can do...

[@pal_lokomotivet2679]

@@MarkLRandallit’s not to early when he already have better achievements than anybody. It’s highly unlikely that someone can copy Kristian achievements.

[@Mase251]

Sorry but that’s just utter BS 🤷‍♂️

[@than9350]

The guy doing this interview is annoying I guarantee he is a lib