hey_burgs wrote:
B_Doughtie wrote:
What are your thoughts on taking the swim out *that* fast like you did. Was that really the plan, to push for a large gap, what was it 90s to the chase front pack swimmers? Great publicity and leading the race for a few hours. Is there plans to "tone it down" or is that just your style of no regrets. Were you just testing the waters this year so to speak?
The plan was to go really hard at the start of the swim. It's difficult to ever force a gap unless I race this way. Case in point, the chase group out of the water had swimmers of a massive spectrum of ability, some swimmers in theory should have been 5-8 minutes down (at least) if the had to swim on their own merits. Everyone adapts much better these days to sitting in a pack, so you just got to blow it open.
I think that's a cool way to race, just go out hard on the swim and try to gain a lead, then hold on as long as you can. I for one love it when you come on this forum. It's great to hear the story straight from you, unfiltered by any editorial writer.
"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."