TulkasTri wrote:
dcpinsonn wrote:
All of this is more than reasonable & thought the YouTube was fine too. Like hearing honest thoughts from pros. I said it earlier but the next big US IM race is IM Texas. There's just a 5:00 start gap between the pro men and the pro women. The reality is top pro women are good enough to be mid-pack in the men's race. Jewett would've been 27th/49. You're going to have this problem moving forward if the gaps stay tight. Gotta increase the gap or implement rules about pro men dropping back. Swimming is not going to be everyone's strength in the male pro field. You'll have people like Foley who will come out of T1 with pro women and then hammer the bike. But pros like Stern are still dropping good times & should get to develop in the sport.
It's interesting how Messick argued for a "fair women race" as part of their reasons they are not making IM WC a one day event, and yet we get bullshit like this where they can't give the women more time so they can have a fair race.
Pre-Pandemic they had started doing MPRO and WPRO only Ironman races, especially some big ones like Placid and Wisconsin. Probably will start seeing more of those over time. But that also means less pro race fields on broadcast I guess.
Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.
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TheStroBro: Apr 8, 23 13:54