IRONMAN SPEED AND NEW GENERATION

Sometimes I read related subjects and Joshua Amberger was mentioning that he would do ironman instead of continuing in the ITU circuit where he was 11th in the U-23 category, New Zealand, 2012. “It will be the plethora of new generation short course athletes (that already have the entire package) that are yet to step up.
Though on the whole, the article is hitting the right notes. The same thing that has happened to ITU racing in the last decade will happen to iron distance; faster swims, faster bikes & faster runs. I don't think this can be argued against.”

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Triathlon_Forum_F1/Brett_Suttons_analysis_of_the_future_of_Kona_P4269677/#4269677

Joshua has won already some half-ironman distance competitions and mentioned in an interview something regarding his own training. “With running, I’m specifically working on good economy. I have a good engine with an 81.7 Vo2, but I have quite poor running economy. So lots of tempo running at specific zones with build runs in the mix, with volume generally at 80-100km.”

http://www.slowtwitch.com/Interview/The_spirited_Josh_Amberger_1870.html

This running economy is not easy to achieve, instead of looking at training regimens we need to look at technique and cadence.  I have seen Joshua running on several occasions, including when he competed in New Zealand last year.  Once more, we need a well-educated athlete that could stick with the program to improve technique, something easy to say than done (or find). Please read previous post.

Joshua predicted well that the short distance competitors will show at the scene of Ironman.  Docherty won the ironman New Zealand and Allister Brownlee won Dubai this year without great difficulties.

Simon Lessing losing and showing his technique.  He never ran below 31:00 the 10k in a triathlon competition.