The final countdown begins: 10 days left in our Kona Countdown.

Faris Al Sultan came on with us before heading off to defend his 2005 Ford Ironman World championship title. The guy is hilarious!

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This next interview is with the 2005 champion, Faris Al Sultan. We had the opportunity to chat with him a few months before his biggest ever win. Huddle and I love Faris. He is old school all the way and proves it by racing in his Speedo. Faris is also into leading on the bike so that he can chase the helicopter. Enjoy!

Faris Al Sultan

Faris Al-Sultan is as old school as it gets. He races in a Speedo, goes off the front on the bike so that he can chase the lead helicopter, admits that he is not very bright when he’s on the race course and that there is absolutely no love lost between himself and Aussie Chris McCormack. Faris certainly has been fast, though. For the past three years he has been third, first and third in Kona and he’s the third German and first Muslim to win the Ford Ironman World Championship. Huddle and I LOVE spending time with Faris. Awesome guy and GREAT interview. The tougher the conditions in Kona, the better he likes it.
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Faris Al-Sultan is the 28 year old Iraqi-German who won the Ford Ironman World Championship in 2005 with the fourth fastest time in Ironman history (8:14:16). More importantly, he is a throwback to days gone by with his go-hard-from-the-gun style plus the fact that he’s always sporting the scraggly beard, bandana and Speedo on race day.

Al-Sultan has been training in Southern California to get ready to defend his title in Kona on October 21st and his thoughts on how the pros and age groupers train and eat are pretty hilarious. On October 1st, Bob and Paul were lucky enough to get to spend nearly a full hour with the man who is the favorite to defend his title at the world’s most important triathlon.
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