The complete distance Ironman is a 2.4-mile swim, adopted by a 112-mile bike trip and ended with a full 26.2-mile marathon.
In addition to turning into his age group champion on the final World Championship within the sport’s religious residence in Hawaii final month, he additionally completed forty first general – beating 12 skilled athletes and being within the prime 5 of two,300 amateurs who had certified.
“To be doing that at my age is an effective testomony to my health,” he says.
“However I feel coming into the game at a later stage I am not selecting up quite a lot of the accidents that some individuals are selecting up, particularly with their decrease limb operating accidents.”
However avoiding accidents is only one cause for Brooks’ success.
As a former swimmer and underwater hockey participant he has developed good lung capability which has helped his cardio health. His VO2 max rating – a measure of cardio capability – is between 70 and 75.
That’s 20 factors greater than what can be thought-about “glorious” for somebody of his age.
“I feel you must have a pure expertise, which I’ve, however you additionally need to be very disciplined along with your coaching, your diet, your routine and simply consistency of the coaching,” says Brooks, who juggles 18-20 hours of coaching per week with working operating his personal firm.
“You must put quite a lot of miles in, you exit in quite a lot of unhealthy climate
“It is simply getting that session achieved and consistency, and for those who can share that with mates and different individuals it may be very social – espresso rides are all the time nice enjoyable.
“However it’s the hours you set in that pay dividends actually.”
So the place does the motivation come for a person who appears to have gained all of it?
“My pal says you are driving a wave, and you do not know how lengthy that wave’s going to final, so preserve driving it till you fall off,” Brooks says.
“While I am successful, and while I am having fun with it extra so, I will preserve going and preserve attempting.
“However when it turns into extra of a chore and I am not having fun with it, then that’ll be the time to cease.”