Enjoyable read. I was impressed by how Potts, Hoffman and Lyles responded to DeBoom's questions. DeBoom was 30 & 31 when we won Kona. Hoffman is 32, Lyles is 37 and Potts is 38. Both Lyles and Potts are parents. If any of those three is capable of putting all their eggs in one basket as DeBoom emphasizes, it is Hoffman. Loved Hoffman's near perfect race in Kona last year, but does he have the talent that DeBoom had to move up one spot?

DeBoom also mixed non-drafting Oly races in with longer stuff during his peak years. American pros are obviously doing much less of that these days. Are there still non-drafting Oly distance races in Europe that some of the top European long course pros do during the summer that don't get any coverage in the U.S.?