Duathlon World Championship 2015
The landscape is surrounded with athletes who’ve fine tuned their bodies more so than a Formula 1 Ferrari. And as the endurance season is kicking off down under, the northern hemisphere athletes are winding up and preparing for the hibernation through winter. This can only mean one thing- It’s Championship season.
One such athlete who has spent the long winter months preparing is Liam Bromilow, who this weekend will race in the ITU Duathlon World Championships in Adelaide. “Qualification for the Australian team was at the end of 2014, so it’s been a long time waiting around for the Worlds.” He said prior to flying out to South Australia. He will be joined by 2000+ other amateur athletes that will make up the nations of the world competing for a chance to be called World Champion.
“It’s a tough race to compete in,” Bromilow said. The distance is a 10-kilometre run around the Torrens Lake in the heart of Adelaide, followed by a 40-kilometre cycle leg in the backdrop of the city. And if that wasn’t enough, the race finishes with a 5-kilometre sprint to the finish line. “That first 10-kilometre run really saps your energy before the bike.” He mentioned. “A triathlon usually ends with the run, so to start a race on two legs is a completely different feeling.”
Bromilow first started competing in triathlon when he was at school, and continued to train once he attended University. “The benefit of triathlon is that the whole race and all the training is on you. It’s not like a team sport where your success could be determined by someone else. With triathlon everything is on you. You get out what you put in.” It’s this outlook on the sport which has kept him racing over the years. The endless pursuit of pushing your body to its limits. “Ask any triathlete, or endurance athlete for that matter, and they’ll tell you about the thrill of being able to push your body to its absolute limits and come out the other side. You learn a lot about yourself when you’re training for an endurance sport.”
Not an unknown to the world stage, this will be Bromilow’s second time racing in a World Championship race, the prior being the ITU Triathlon World Championships in London in 2013. “The goal would definitely be to race the Ironman World Championships in Kona one day!”
Being an On Ambassador, Bromilow credits the brand for enabling him to compete at the high level. “Having a company like On supporting me is amazing. Not only does the footwear keep me injury free, but I’ve been running the fastest I ever have in the Cloudracer shoes.”
The sky is the limit for Bromilow, and who knows, but this weekend could just be the runway he needs to take off.
By Liam Bromilow.
