Advantage at what...seeing over everyone?


You are good at long course despite you height, not because of it. Above 6'0"-6'2" for males, I think you start falling off the curve in terms of balance between power to weight ratio and power to drag ratios as they impact cycling and running.

6'9" is an outlier in term of just height alone. As an endurance athlete, it's an extreme outlier to say the least.

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Race weight?? Under 50 years old, no way. Unless He/She were the only person in that age group

Magnus Backstedt 94kg+, KQ and Paris Roubaix winner.

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Guess it takes a former pro cyclist to do that feat, any "proof" he weighed over 210 on/near race day?

If he was 94kg as a Tour de France cyclist (by all accounts) it seems logical that with the upper body growth associated with swim training (and presumably not "ProTour-starving" himself for the sake of AG Tri) Magnus would hit 210 or more.

What is the semantical obsession with 210?

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It was actually 95kg which is close enough to 210lb which is my weight and about the weight of a bunch of my mates and it's also the "Clydesdale" weight (or one of them). No other reason. It's a light weight in some elite sports but obviously not in IM

At what distance? I'm 6'3" 225, so not as lean as you. I hold my own in Oly distance racing locally. Even think I'll do okay at 70.3's next season. However I think once you get to the full distance things change. At least at my size they did. I've only done 1 full to compare though

I disagree, BMI comparison to elite athletes will quickly tell you if you are too fat or too muscular for optimal performance. You will then need a mirror to determine which of the two (or both?) you are. At 6'1" 210 lb you are some combination of too fat or too jacked for optimal performance. You just don't need either to be a good endurance athlete. Not that you can't perform well at that height/weight... you could perform better.

6'7" have gotten down to 200, could maybe get to 195. tend to be at 210.
Can compete in AG at most races 70.3 and under, once you go full, it is hard.
Goal for 70.3 this year is to get close to 4:30. Even at that I think it is hard to break 10 for full for me. Most smaller guys that can go that fast in the half break 10 fairly easily.

keep an eye out for alex viada at cozumel...although recently breaking an ankle during a 100 mile trail race might not help.

Swim training actually leans you down.

The problem with racing as a larger athlete isn't really the swimming or necessary the cycling but it's the running, especially running a marathon...

You ever seen Meb he ain't exactly a body builder

I think that very much depends on your approach:

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Haha hilarious! I usually pack a PB&J on my Ironman swim and eat it during the second loop

I have KQ'd many times and just last year did so at Ironman France throwing down a 3:12 marathon (to be fair though that would have been a rolldown as that course is not made for someone my size on the bike. 6'5 anywhere from 205-220. Last time in Kona I arrived on the island around 99kg and was at 100kg race day thanks to kona coffee covered macadamia nuts...I think I went 9:21 that year. I'm finding it hard to get under 100kg now that I live in Italy. Also, there is a badass Aussie named Xavier that went 9:05 at about 94kg.

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Xavier Coppock would be in this sort of ballpark I reckon. Went super fast at IM Melbourne, and just did very well in Hawaii
Big unit, and fast.

this thread is already derailed with myths. bmi does matter. much harder for someone 180cm at 95kg than someone 200cm at 95kg for running/cycling endurance... the reverse is true in weightlifting
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