LONDON: Briton Tom Evans has conquered hills, mountains and trails in events up to 100 miles long, but with racing wiped out by COVID-19, he has turned his attention to the road and what is, for him, the relative sprint of the Tokyo Olympic marathon.
That enforced competitive downtime coincided with a change of coach and, with Andrew Hobdell, he hatched a plan to attack the roads. The first significant milestone comes this Saturday when he races in the half marathon world championships in Poland, with a place on the start line at next year's Olympic marathon the ultimate goal.
"I was really happy with the time," Evans said."It's great doing all this hard training but having that external validation for an elite athlete is really important. You want to test yourself, you want to show the hard work in competition. "Running on the trail gives you that strength, especially in the dying stages of a race, then going from road back to the trail you have that speed and leg turnover. I've got a regular 10-mile loop that I'm running about 95 seconds quicker for the same heart rate than I was six months ago."
Another notable difference from trail to road is the impact of shoe technology, something Evans accepts and even embraces - now the sport's governing body has finally acted to control the"space race".
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