The quadruple winner of Escape from Alcatraz gives the keys to a career that is unique and very different from the rest
SWIMMING, KEY SEGMENT IN ALCATRAZ
This weekend the third test of the T100 Triathlon Tour lands in San Francisco in which it will be the most different race of the six that complete the great PTO event. A test whose exact location will be Alcatraz and where the first of the segments, swimming, may be the most definitive of the three.
Well, possibly the most expert triathlete in this test by winning it up to four times, the American and number 55 in the PTO ranking Ben Kanute, wanted to explain the specificities of the test. The swim will begin in the middle of the sea where the triathletes, after jumping off a boat, will have to swim in a straight line for two kilometers to the marina, as Kanute recognizes, It will be absolutely key in the test “Swimming is disorienting since when you jump off the boat, there are more boats around that generate many waves, so it is absolutely impossible to hold onto anyone’s feet since even if you are close, there comes a time when you are under the wave and you can’t see nobody”. Therefore, one of the keys in swimming is to try to follow another triathlete, which will be a complicated event in this San Francisco event.
In Escape from Alcatraz, as the Trek triathlete acknowledges, The differences between triathletes may be minimal or, on the contrary, much wider than those that can be seen in other swimming events. “I have done the Alcatraz swim in 18:20 but also in 30:32. That’s why I can assure you that the differences may be minimal or they may be the largest ever seen.”. Therefore, the key to being able to swim well will be trust in yourself and your ability to guide “Confidence is key but both in swimming and in the overall race since it is a very solitary test.”
KONA, BEN KANUTE’S GREAT GOAL
Although Ben Kanute is part of that T100 Triathlon Tour and has already participated in the first two tests of said event, both in Singapore and in Miami, his main objective is in that month of October with the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona “I have gone to the Miami and Singapore tests to test myself for Kona, which is my main objective. I want to arrive to Kona with the best preparation of my life”
To do this, the American, after facing the T100 Triathlon test in London at the end of July, will take the opportunity to do a block of twelve weeks of training heading to Kona. Twelve weeks where you will invest some to carry out a specific Training Camp “I still have to define where and for how long the Training Camp in preparation for Kona will be”.
After this specific preparation, he will fly to the island two weeks in advance to carry out the last training sessions on the island and try to adapt and acclimatize to the humidity and heat conditions that the big island defends.
