turdburgler wrote:
devashish_paul wrote:
turdburgler wrote:
MadTownTRI wrote:
Personalities like his are good for the sport. Will be interesting if Cam does make the front pack next year on the swim. Wonder if he and Starky work together. If Sebi/LS spot those guys 5 min out of the water, doubt they catch them by T2.
That would be interesting and I think you are right. I think Cam will do just that. It is clear from that interview and others I've seen that he was in no way prepared for getting kicked around during the swim start. He has shown to have some good swim chops. If he is prepared to go out and hammer the start of the swim to be in that front group, everyone should beware. He has been putting in more run mileage than before and I suspect with nutrition, experience and another year of work his run will be good enough to at least podium. I'm looking forward to his next IM. He seems to be aware of the consequences of going deep and knowing that he only needs like a top 4 in his next race to KQ, I doubt he does go deep, but I still want to pay attention to that swim and run. He won't screw up a swim start again and his running is only going to get better.
I know people seem to think Talansky has a bigger engine, but Cam just seems like a worker who can just go on and on. He is a better all around athlete and I suspect we are just seeing the beginning of what he is going to do.
The assumption is that as he puts in more swim and run training, his biking stays the same. This is almost NEVER true....that's the fine balance of the three. How much of your strength do you give away to prop up your weaker areas?
In terms of the other statement on this thread about going for a world record at Western OZ, the numbers for Cam need to be 50+4:00+2:55+4 to get in the range. With this being his 5th IM this year, what do you guys think the chance of the 2:55 are? I'd say it is low, but I really wish he can pull it off. I loved how he raced in Kona.
Very much agreed on the balance and I do expect his bike training and power to be slightly affected. With someone who has as much sporting background as he does, I still don't see his biking being noticeably affected. I think he might already be close to hanging on the FOP, he just needs to be aggressive at the start and remember what that start at Kona taught him.
Also, I'm not anyone advocating he can break a world record. I do see a Sub 8 or near there sometime in the next year though.
I definitely think Cam has a shot at Sub 8 at Western Oz. It is a salt water wetsuit swim or no wetsuit? If the former, not only is the swim faster, you have more legs left over for a fast ride. After that, he really only has to run 3:00 to hit 8 hours (50, 4:05, 3:00, 4) = 7:59. Those numbers seem reasonable range. By the way, my previous math was wrong....to hit Frodo's time you really cannot give away any time on any event. You need to be world class in all three (which is Why Lionel in Arizona 2016 was off Frodo's record....all in the swim).