Belgian Aernouts seeks another strong showing at Ironman worlds

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Belgian triathlete Bart Aernouts last year became the second man to break the magic eight-hour barrier at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.

Unfortunately for him, four minutes earlier German Patrick Lange became the first, relegating Aernouts to second place on the lava fields of the Big Island.He is back for Saturday's race hoping to go one better after almost perfect preparation but knows it is impossible to predict how the body will hold up in such a long and arduous event.

It has become so popular that thousands of entrants are turned away to keep the field to a manageable 2,000 athletes. "The hardest thing is to be focussed the whole day and not forget about your nutrition. Sometimes it's easy to lose your focus a little bit, and then you don't pay attention to your nutrition and often it's too late before you realise."Swimming is Aernouts's weak link, relatively speaking, which means he is resigned to starting the bike leg a few minutes behind most of his rivals.

 

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