Jackets wrote:
Thing is everyone who's followed Ali's career knows even a 80% fit returning from injury Ali still wins races.
There are at least signs now for me that he's not going to be as dominant as he was, all those injuries were bound to take their toll eventually.
It’s funny because I’ve never been a huge AB fan, and back in 2018-2019 my opinion was that his mentality would be his own worst enemy in LC.
In this case I actually think he was testing his injury under load…..ie….went 17-18 km with almost best in race splits….Laundry comes up and AB realizes how deep you would have to dig to contend and actually made a decision that it’s better to pull back and come fourth, and come out of this OK with 5 good weeks of training ahead.
Don’t get me wrong I don’t think anyone was beating Laundry on that day….but I am of the opinion that AB is now learning the finer elements of LC humility, if that’s a good word?
Maurice