Patrick Lange talks Kona, run technique and racing Challenge GC

This weekend’s Challenge Mogan Gran Canaria is the 2018 race season starter for many athletes on Saturday (220 included), with the reigning Ironman world champion, Patrick Lange, the big name on the start list.

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We caught up with the German tri star – who shot to prominence in 2016 when he won Ironman Texas and broke the Kona run course record in Hawaii, before smashing the overall Kona course record in 2017 – to hear why he nearly retired in 2015, the secrets of his run success and his key advice for middle-distance athletes.

ON… STARTING HIS SEASON IN GRAN CANARIA