| Profile of the week - Jonas Colting |
| Name: Jonas Colting |
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| Nickname: Swedish doode | |
| Nationality: Swedish | |
| Date of Birth: 8th June 1973 | |
| Home town: Borås | |
| Education: University | |
| Height: 190 | |
| Weight: 82 | |
| Biking in the rain | |
| Started triathlon: 1991 |
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| Former sports: Swimming | |
| Hobbies: Read & write. Socialize. Ingest a vast amount of f | |
| Myself in a few words: | |
| Man, myth, concept | |
| Preferred triathlon distance and format: | |
| Ironman | |
| Training week: | |
| 5-35 hours, usually decided by feeling. Running is favourite. | Fastest run Ironman NZ |
| Training philosophy: | |
| Train long and train hard but not at the same time. Rest when you´re tired. Avoid dogs, poison ivy and rednecks in pick-up trucks | Best times: |
| Most important training session | - Swimming 1500/3800 (25 meter pool): 17.02 |
| A really long ride (+250k) with 10 min brick run. Enjoy to bring it home and still feeling strong | - Bike 40km/180km (time
trial or race): 4.40 in Ironman race |
| Most memorable race: | - Run 10m/42,2km (track, road or race): 2.48 in Ironman race |
| 2nd IM New Zealand 2002, 3rd ITU Worlds LD 2001. 4th UK Half-IM 2002. PR Ironman-8.26. National champ and recordholder. | |
| Results: | Sponsors: |
| ITU Worlds 2001 | Red Bull, Borås Stad, Office, Bra Kompis, CRAFT, Q |
| Website: www.colting.nu |