With my work compiling triathlon race results, I can quickly tell you how many full-distance races a Pro has started and finished, how many wins he has or what her bike or run PRs are. That work is mostly done on my own, at my desk at home.
Traveling to races allows me to meet the Pros in person. I love to talk race tactics with them – after all, there is usually a big race coming up! But often it’s even more interesting to go beyond the ‘plain numbers’ and to get a chance to meet the human being behind the race data and to find out what makes them tick.
One of the athletes I have gotten to know a bit better is Rasmus Svenningsson. Rasmus and I exchanged a couple of messages at the start of 2022, then met before Ironman Frankfurt in 2022 and talked over a long dinner. We had another lengthy chat after he won Ironman South Africa 2024. This post looks at some of the lessons from his career so far and the roadblocks he’s dealing with.
Lesson 1: Enjoy Doing Cool Stuff
Self-supported Ironman, June 14th, 2020
At the start of 2020, Rasmus Svenningsson from Stockholm, Sweden, had big goals for his second season as a Professional Athlete. In 2018, while still in medical school, he had won the Male 25-29 agegroup in Kona 2018 (finishing with a 8:34:01 in 31st place overall). In 2019 he had turned Pro, racing a few European 70.3s and closing the season with a 17th place at Ironman Barcelona, setting a new Ironman PR of 8:25.
At the start of 2020, he finished his medical degree and wanted to tackle what he calls “a fun challenge”: How far can he take his performance on the Ironman distance under the guidance of renowned coach David Tilbury-Davis? “I was super excited with a consistent block of training for three, four, five months. I planned to start my season in Oceanside rather early and continue with the full-distance Ironman St. George, but with Covid they all got cancelled; everything just got cancelled, cancelled, cancelled. David and I saw some really good improvements in training and in the numbers, but I didn’t know how this actually translates into a full Ironman.”
Rasmus decided to tackle a goal he could achieve on his own: a self-supported Ironman to attack the 8-hour barrier. “It may seem a little bit crazy to do a solo Ironman race, but I was simply too eager to find out just how far my first five months as a full-time athlete have taken me in regards to capacity over a full distance triathlon.” June 14th, 2020, would be his race day.
His swim time was just over 54 minutes, slightly slower than his swim at Barcelona a year before. Possibly the course was a bit too long – his support boat covered a distance of 3,900m, his watch recorded just over 4.2k. “Swimming felt reasonably good but effort was quite high all the way, overall I give myself a ‘pass’ on the swim but this is still the discipline that needs the greatest improvement.”
After a five-minute transition (“some forest paths and jumping over a sheep fence”), finding a rhythm on the bike took him some time. On Instagram he notes concisely: “gradually got into it more and more, effort high but manageable.” The numbers (4:06:20, 310w AP, 314w NP) tell a more impressive story – “world-class numbers,” wrote German tri-mag.
After a quick transition to the run, the 8-hour barrier was still within reach. Rasmus wrote he “felt extremely good during the first half marathon, which I clocked in 1h20.” But after 26k he struggled with GI issues and his pace slowed down considerably. “I went through a really bad patch all the way until 35k when things finally turned and I gained some strength. I realized I still had a shot at the magical 8-hour barrier and gave it all I had during the final 5k to be within the mark, which I ended up managing with 30 seconds to spare.”
Photo: Celebrating his Self-Supported Sub-8 (supplied by Rasmus)
Lesson 2: Celebrate Your Wins
Too often, highlights such as a good race result fly by and are quickly replaced by thoughts about the next race coming up, making it hard to draw lasting satisfaction from your wins. As a reminder for Rasmus, let’s look at the final preparations for his first Ironman win in 2021 and how the race developed from his perspective.
Ironman Lake Placid, July 25th, 2021
“After placing third at 70.3 Dubai in March, I felt confident in my competitiveness against a field of world-class triathletes. Now it was ‘just’ a matter of putting all the pieces together and also delivering a solid performance on the full distance, which had been my main focus in training all along. The journey towards that day, however, turned out to be far, far ‘bumpier’ than expected…
“Ironman Tulsa at the end of May was going to be the race where I would make a mark on the full distance. Things did, however, not play out at all as I had hoped for there. [Rasmus DNF’d after receiving two penalties on the bike.] Since I had invested so much in this race, the disappointment left a few deep mental scars. I felt exhausted both between and during sessions and I struggled to put out the same numbers in training as I had done before Tulsa.
“The final build for Lake Placid turned out to be one of the most difficult but also extremely educational four weeks of training that I have ever done. It was a big struggle to get into shape. All training was conducted under extremely hot conditions and at altitude, making it impossible to get even close to my old power numbers as well as swim and run paces. At this point, it could have been easy to lose belief in one’s own capabilities. Luckily, coach David Tilbury-Davis directed me towards a growth mindset and nailing the intent of every session while accepting the limitations of the conditions. I really learned how to listen to and respect my body.
“The swim in Lake Placid went well; I made an attempt to follow the lead pack but was dropped after a big surge 1.5k in. I felt super strong on the bike from the first pedal stroke. From the moment I got on the bike and for the rest of the day, I raced with a determination and confidence I didn’t think I had. I never dared to consciously admit to myself that I went for the victory. I just kept on dropping big watts and didn’t fade much during the bike leg, average power was 309w. [Rasmus had the fastest bike split of the day and was able to build a lead of two minutes into T2.]
“On the run, the focus was all about staying within myself, respecting the effort and keeping an even and steady pace. I went through a rather rough patch between kilometers and five to 15, but in the second half I actually felt quite solid. It wasn’t until ten to twelve k before the finish that I might be able to pull this whole thing off! [Rasmus’ 2:51 marathon was the second-best of the day, giving him a winning margin of almost ten minutes.] The final kilometers I even allowed myself to slow down a bit, soak up the incredible atmosphere and just fully enjoy the last moments of the race. Crossing the finish line and grabbing the banner was just as powerful a feeling as it had been in my dream. Next up, KONA!!”
Photo: Grabbing the Winner’s Tape at IM Lake Placid 2021 (Credit: Getty Images for Ironman)
Lesson 3: Setbacks Are Part of the Game
In his Pro racing career so far, Rasmus has had his share of setbacks such as major injuries or disappointing race results. His first serious health setback occurred shortly after his sub-8 in 2020 (see Lesson 1). He continued to train over the summer, but eventually his body signaled that he was going too hard. “I was of course super happy about my solo Ironman but in August I started to experience lumbar back pain when running.
“I never considered myself to be especially injury-prone, but with COVID restrictions and exuberance in pursuit of the ultimate fitness level David and I concocted some pretty crazy training, like a 46k run in about 2:40 marathon pace in really worn-out shoes on asphalt. When the character of the pain started to deviate from lumbago, I had to undergo an MRI scan, which unfortunately revealed a stress fracture in my right sacrum. It didn’t seem exuberant at the time, but of course hindsight is a wonderful thing. Pushing the limits in pursuit of maximal physical adaptations always comes with a certain degree of injury risk. And in order to reach the absolute world-class elite within long-distance triathlon, I believe you sometimes need to balance on the edge. However, this time I obviously fell over that edge.
“I wasn’t too devastated about the injury; there were basically no races going on so I didn’t feel like I missed much. It was three months without running, but I could still do a lot of swimming and riding. I was still with David, and we did some really consistent training. In December, I started to build back into running and things came back pretty quickly.” After leaving his 2020 injury behind, Rasmus had a great 2021 season, including the win at Ironman Lake Placid (see Lesson 2).
However, there would be more accidents in his future, and some would take more time and attention to deal with before he was able to race competitively again. Rasmus was building towards his first Ironman World Championships which had been moved to May 2022 in St. George, UT. In February, he was struck by a vehicle in the Canary Islands.
“Unfortunately, my (what was going to be) seven-week training camp took an abrupt ending. I was hit by a van (luckily at quite low speed) and fractured my collarbone as well as scapula in the process. As much as it sucks for now, I am sure that something good will come out of this in the end. My focus has slowly started to shift towards how I best can utilize this situation to improve my weaknesses, both physical and mental ones, in order to become an even stronger, versatile and resilient athlete. First, however, I need to get home and undergo a few more medical examinations just to rule out any other potential injuries.”
After returning to Sweden, the injury was more severe than initially thought: “It’s been a bit of a roller coaster of two weeks after my bike accident. At first, the doctors on site made the impression that it was a pretty ‘standard’ clavicle fracture, unlikely to require any surgical intervention as well as a fairly uncomplicated single scapula fracture. Following further radiological examinations at home, unfortunately it quickly became evident that the injury was more severe, involving a heavily dislocated clavicle fracture and widespread fractures of the scapula. I underwent an extensive (six hours) procedure, which definitely left its mark on the body.”
Photo: Rasmus’ YouTube Video “Broken Shoulder, not Broken Athlete“
Recovery took longer than he was hoping for, and by April Rasmus had to announce he wouldn’t be able to race in St. George, his first missed Pro World Championships he had qualified for.
“Qualifying for the Ironman World Championship as a professional athlete was a dream come true and I have been looking so incredibly much forward to this race. It is with a very heavy heart I must announce that I won’t be able to make it to the start line of my first World Championship as a professional. The injuries sustained in the accident have proven too difficult to overcome until the date of the championship.”
In the following season, he had to deal with a similar disappointment. With a fourth place at IM South Africa 2023, he qualified for the Ironman World Championships in September 2023 in Nice, France. This time, a Covid infection a few weeks before the race forced him to register another ‘Did Not Start.’
“Knowing that I will get to participate in the IM World Championship has always been a big, big reassurance and something I have looked forward to immensely ever since qualifying. Therefore, it’s beyond frustrating that a short episode of a Covid infection two weeks ago, which has caused lingering pulmonary symptoms and fatigue, now jeopardizes my chances to start in the race. But my passion for long distance triathlon remains the same and I am more determined than ever to overcome almost two years of constant setbacks.”
These matter-of-fact statements only hint at the disappointment and frustration Rasmus had to deal with.
Lesson 4: When You’re in a Hole, Stop Digging
Ironman Frankfurt, June 26th, 2022
With his strong work ethic, Rasmus can push himself hard in training and for much longer than most athletes are able to do. Sometimes, he pushes himself too far – and his body has to remind him that he’s not invincible. Let’s look at one example from the summer of 2022. After the disappointment of missing St. George in May, Rasmus worked hard to get in shape for IM Frankfurt at the end of June.
“I was extremely motivated to get back on top so I trained absolutely crazy for three months even while my body was healing. I did 20 hours on the bike with an average of 300 watts or more every week, and over thirty hours total training for twelve consecutive weeks. Despite being injured I had so much energy and I almost felt unstoppable on my way to get back in shape. I was in the training grind for almost six straight months, and I realized the need to break that routine with a proper race! People still remembered what I had done in 2021 and I had bib number three for Ironman Frankfurt which was super cool. I wouldn’t tell the truth if I didn’t say that my expectations for the race and on myself are high, expecting a performance of myself in line with what I delivered in 2021.”
In the swim, Rasmus lost more than eight minutes to the leaders. His 4h16 bike split was the second quickest of the day, and by T2 he had moved from 28th place after the swim to 12th. However, he was still two minutes behind the big chase group which had a lot of great runners. After gaining a few spots in the first half of the marathon but losing time to the front spots, he ran out of steam, walked a few kilometers and then called it a day.
“It was incredibly great to be back racing and I had an immense amount of fun ‘as long as it lasted.’ The final stage of an Ironman has been my strength in the past, but I totally collapsed quite early on the run. After the DNF in Frankfurt, I went to Austria hoping to race there one week later. It was probably not a good decision anyway to go there, but then I noticed the shingles on my torso. Clearly I had taken things way too far.
“Looking back, things started to catch up with me maybe three weeks before Frankfurt. I think I was just tearing my body apart. I usually have that great stockpile of motivation – but before Frankfurt I had completely exhausted it. My need for sleep was not a normal eight or nine hours plus a short nap, I started to sleep twelve hours a night, and it wasn’t only the body that was completely exhausted, it was also the mind. It was a consequence of pushing my body so hard for so long.”
Lesson 5: Don’t Ruin Your Race in the First Hour
Ironman Sweden, August 20th, 2022
In modern Professional Ironman racing, the swim has become an important part of how a race and the overall results develop. It is still the leg with the shortest overall duration, and the old adage ‘you can’t win an Ironman in the swim’ still holds true. But the swim determines which athletes you start the bike with, and even if everyone rides according to the drafting rules, there is still a distinct advantage in riding with a good group.
Rasmus wasn’t a front-pack swimmer at the start of his Pro career, but he wasn’t too far back. Looking at his 2021 Ironman races, his swim was just under 50 minutes, and for example at IM Tulsa, he swam a 49:49 and was only twenty seconds behind Patrik Nilsson. After his shoulder injury, his swim time at IM Frankfurt 2022 was a much slower 54:28, and he was more than six minutes behind Patrik.
That gap was too much to overcome for Rasmus even with his strong bike. He decided on a different approach to minimize the time he’d have to make up after the swim. Trying to snatch one of the last qualifying spots for Kona 2022, Rasmus raced his ‘home’ Ironman Sweden in Kalmar in August 2022.
“I completely screwed up my race at IM Sweden and there is no one to blame but myself. The day started with a 48-minute all-out swim in order to make the main chase pack, which I very surprisingly almost did! However, was literally a fried chicken by the time I was exiting the water and for the initial 20 minutes on the bike I struggled to put out almost a 100w less than planned. I was so frustrated at this point that I needed a 15-minute break at the side of the road in order to blow off some steam. I finally continued, riding easy until 100k when I decided to totally make a ‘reboot’ of the race, so I lapped my bike computer and pushed 333w for the remaining part of the bike leg. Naturally, I feel extremely disappointed in myself and the way I executed the race.
Photo: Crossing the Finish Line at IM Sweden 2022 (supplied by Rasmus)
“Every Ironman is yet another massive learning experience and today was certainly no exception. I am now one big mistake ‘wiser’, which I suppose counts for something. The swim might very well take a lot more out of me than what is generally assumed. But I have NOT yet investigated the implications of different efforts during the swim for the remaining parts of the race. One of my main missions for the next race will be to thoroughly investigate where my Ironman swim ‘sweet spot’ effort is.”
In his future races, Rasmus put more thought into an appropriate swim effort and his race reports frequently mention “to take no risks in terms of overcooking the swim”. He would also invest a lot of pool time to improve his swim before the next season.
Lesson 6: Build Your Team
After recovering from the Covid infection that forced him to miss the World Championships in Nice, Rasmus was able to start training again and traveled to Cascais, Portugal, to race the last European 2023 Ironman.
“After I was not able to start in Nice, I felt that I needed to address some of my own ‘demons’ in order to find a more constructive way forward. I believe that my desire to control things to a very large extent on my own was holding me back in many different ways. In my analysis, it became obvious that my best performances to date were reached under the guidance of David Tilbury-Davis. Thankfully, David was very positive to reunite as a team.
“I was down for the race in Portugal, and one week out there’s a small pinch in my hip. I thought that with the taper it’ll go away, no problem. I reduced the training load quite a bit but it just got worse. We managed to get an MRI, apparently you can arrange that within 24 hours in Portugal. It wasn’t a stress fracture but still super painful. There was no way I was going to be able to race.
“I still don’t know exactly what it was. For a while, I was pretty certain that it was a labral tear, but an orthopedist in Sweden thought everything points to just an irritated or inflamed (but not torn) labrum. Either way it was quite a complicated injury, mainly because the affected tissue is very slow-healing by nature.
“By November, I started yet another reboot. David and I decided to play it safe and that my main focus for the next two months would be in the pool. I have been struggling tremendously in the water ever since my shoulder accident and never come close to my previous swim times. We were trying to be super careful with the run volume. I didn’t start running until December, so it was two months completely off running. In January, my level was four minutes run, one minute walk. At the end of the month, I was able to repeat this eight times in a session, with three sessions per week. Everything progressed well and there were no signs of setbacks in the healing process. I still had a weird sensation in my hip, but no pain. It got better even with carefully increasing the run load. Basically I didn’t do any intensity running before racing again in April.”
Working with David, Rasmus didn’t discover ‘a secret, magic session’ creating a sudden increase in fitness. However, David’s methodical, long-term approach helped him focus on lasting success. “In the last two years, I lacked this long and consistent build-up. Instead, the training has been centered more around a few really big weeks in order to prepare for a specific race. It’s paramount to build things up consistently and carefully in order to avoid an early burn-out and peaking too early in the year – a mistake I have made several times in the past.”
Many Professional athletes write their own training plan, often for simplicity or because a good coach is an expense they like to avoid. Also, tinkering with your training can be fun! But if training is the most important part of a Pro’s life, it’s easy to get distracted by what other athletes are doing (or what their social media posts claim to have done). It’s much harder to decide on a long-term plan and to stick with it through long winter months of preparation. A good team around an athlete can be invaluable, especially a coach or advisor who’s involved in picking a direction and then helps to stick to it even when day-to-day things have to be adjusted. Rasmus was struggling to run his own program for most of 2022 and 2023; with David back on his team, he had a great start to his 2024 season.
Lesson 2 (Revisited): Celebrate Your Wins
Ironman South Africa, April 21st, 2024
After two years of one setback after another including a hip injury at the end of 2023, the preparation for Rasmus’ 2024 season opener at Ironman South Africa was still under “back to running protocol”. With the “pressure not too high,” he was excited to race.
“A few months ago, because of my long-lasting hip injury, it did not look like I would be ‘race ready’ already in April. Moreover, a super exciting race season is ahead and I am in quite a different position at the start of the season compared to previous years. My fitness is in a really good place, but I still believe the peak is yet to come later in the year.
“I have felt almost ‘miraculously’ good in my hip during running, which probably is the greatest positive of all. The final ‘full week’ of training is mainly about specificity, and this also happens to be the kind of sessions I enjoy the most – or at least am the most excited for! I did a 120km ‘aggressive’ race simulation on the bike followed by a 21k brick run. I have had some crazier race-specific sets in the past, but hopefully a slightly more balanced approach this time (courtesy of David) will put me in an even better place come race day.
“A somewhat solid swim (especially given the very rough sea) put me in a good place for the rest of the race. I was happy to see my pool swim time improvements over the last months translate well into the open water. On the bike I immediately felt that the legs were very much in ‘playing mode’, so I wasted no time starting to make my way up to the front. After a rather big effort (30 minutes at 370 to 380w) in the headwind on the way back, I found myself in the lead together with legend Cam Wurf. At this point, my mentality was about soaking in the moment and extracting as much positive energy as possible. ‘I’m back racing at the front of a race again, and it is SO INCREDIBLY GOOD!!’ With about 50k to go, I had the chance to go for the win, even if I’d have to run the whole marathon on destroyed legs. Of course you go for the win!”
After posting the best bike split (six minutes even over Cam Wurf and almost twelve minutes better than anyone else in the Pro field), Rasmus had a three-minute lead into T2.
“As predicted, the run leg became seemingly endless suffering. I was basically in damage control, I felt absolutely horrible. I was just declining, declining, declining, my pace dropping slowly, the effort increasing slowly – I did not feel good. When Cam passed me at 25k, I was in a really, really bad spot, it was exhaustion from racing hard for so long. There was nothing I could do at that point to respond.
“When you’re in that much suffering, you want this to be over and you’re trying to figure out how to get to the finish line. I decided to bring my pace down for a few kilometers to do something different. After I slowed down for a few kilometers, I started to come back. I started to feel a bit better, I could take in more nutrition and after a while I noticed that I was starting to pick up the pace a little, and Cam was starting to slow down.
“Slowly my head started to come out of the fog. My final 10k of the marathon were by far the fastest, a minute faster than the other ones. An unbelievably powerful cascade of mental and physiological events had been set free and there was no stop on me now. I retook the lead at 32k, and I was fully determined to defend the top spot all the way to the finish line. I could never imagine a more epic welcome at the finish. The amazing African spirit from the cheering crowds was tangible in the air and something that will leave a warmth in my heart for the rest of my life. After two incredibly challenging years, it’s almost impossible to quantify what this victory means to me. Also, to win here in South Africa and Port Elizabeth has truly been a long-time dream for me; the race holds a very special place in my heart as its welcoming people and incredible crowds never disappoint. I am eternally grateful to all of you who never stopped believing in me, most importantly coach Tilbury-Davis and my unbelievably supportive father.”
Photo: Winning IM South Africa 2024 (supplied by Rasmus)
Lesson 7: You Are NOT Your Results
Ironman Hawaii, October 27th, 2024
In October 2024, Rasmus was finally able to start a Professional World Championship race. In the days before the race, there were a lot of whispers about his ‘crazy training’; it was said that he broke the bike course record in one of his training rides just a week before race day. (Actually, on Strava you can find a bike ride two weeks before race day showing 160k on the Kona bike course in 3h39 – roughly the equivalent of Sam Laidlow’s 2022 Kona bike course record.)
After the ‘expected’ swim deficit (52:29, 50th of 54 Pros, five minutes behind the lead), he was just seconds behind Cam Wurf who could have been an ideal partner to ride through the field. But Rasmus never got going and was the last Pro for a good part of the race. His 4:33 bike split was more than 30 minutes slower than the best athletes. (He was five minutes quicker as an agegrouper in 2018.) He crossed the line in 33rd place.
Photo: Riding on his own at IM Hawaii 2024 (supplied by Rasmus)
“A very tough day yesterday and far from how I wanted things to go at my first Ironman World Championship as a professional… My plan was to take no risks in terms of overcooking the swim, as I really wanted to showcase my great bike shape of late. Had a very smooth journey in the water and was ready to hit it hard on the bike. However, immediately as I jumped on the bike, I noticed the front break rotor rubbing, creating a ton of extra rolling resistance. The on-course technical officials made an early attempt to fix it but the issue quickly returned again. Obviously it ended up becoming a great mental battle from this very early point of the race, but I was still always determined to make it to the finish line.
“Back home I finally found the explanation for what went wrong on the bike in Kona. Rear wheel axle attachment part completely broken, leading to the rear wheel/tire rubbing against the frame, creating a ton of extra rolling resistance. This part is located inside the rear fork of the frame – it’s fair to say that you simply cannot do pre race day bike checking too diligently. However, it’s all still quite an enigma since the bike worked perfectly on my test ride the day before. The only possible explanation I can think of is that I may have pulled the bike out of its bike rack in T1 a bit too ‘eagerly’, creating a lateral tension in this part of the bike and in turn causing the failure.
“It’s hard to say what actually would have happened without my mechanical on the bike but the truth is that I was mentally a mess during race week and even more so during race morning. I have been trying to look back and get to the bottom of why I was so nervous during Kona race week (physically I was in really good shape) and this does not only apply for how I felt before Kona, it’s also pretty much been the same mental stress that I have experienced in the last years.
“I believe I have really built my self-esteem around my performances and accomplishments (race results, sponsorship deals etc.) and as I have lost those things along the way, I sort of ‘shrimped’ as a person and I had very little self-esteem left and the races was sort of my chance of getting my self-esteem back.
“When I finished medical school in January 2020 and decided to become a full-time athlete, I made a promise to myself that this path in life would be characterized by joy and passion. Looking back, I was able to hold on to this promise all the way until the beginning of 2022. I loved every aspect of the life of being a professional triathlete and I am sure that the great momentum from being overall very happy with my life helped me to the success I had in 2021.
“However, something major shifted after the accident in February 2022. My objectives quickly became extremely performance-oriented. The significance of the race outcomes started to get out of proportion. Instead of going into the races with great excitement and a sense of playfulness, I now only felt extremely nervous (far from healthy) and pressured.
“What may have happened is that I failed to recognize the difference between myself and my performances. The only solution in my mind to feel good about myself again was to re-claim the top spots in races. With this as a starting point, as the setbacks started to build upon each other, I was not only quickly losing faith and confidence in myself as an athlete, but also began to question my entire value as a person.”
“Addressing this issue will be my main focus moving forward. Hopefully, I will be able to rediscover the sheer joy of the life style of being a professional athlete, my burning passion for our beautiful sport and once again get to go into races with excitement and a healthy nervousness (for the right reasons).
“I feel I am in a much more happy and relaxed place than in the past, and perhaps this is also why the body seems to respond better to the training than in a long time. I cannot say that I have now ‘found the correct way’, but it does feel like a good starting point and I am in a happy place at the moment.”
Outlook for 2025
In six seasons of Professional racing, Rasmus found many highlights but also faced his share of challenges. At the start of the 2025 season, he seems to have the key building blocks in place for further improvement in all areas. Hopefully, he can continue to enjoy doing cool stuff without worrying too much about the race results.
Can he add a few more standout results to his resume? Will he start strong at Ironman South Africa in late March and possibly secure a spot at the Ironman World Championships in Nice in September? So far, only one Swedish male has cracked the Top 20 at the World Championships – Patrik Nilsson, who finished eighth in 2017. Perhaps Rasmus can be next, especially on the tough bike course in Nice, which should play to his strengths.
But this will only be possible if Rasmus can enjoy the daily grind required to perform at his best in Ironman racing. If he does, the results will follow naturally. I’m excited to see what Rasmus can achieve in the coming years!