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Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles
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Kona is months away but we already got some great smack talk from the swimmers! Potts claims he could take Amberger and Lucy Charles bites back with a 400 free challenge!
Who do you have for the wins and what time, and who is going to live stream from Kona??

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [oscaro] [ In reply to ]
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Nice to see! Sometimes triathlon, and sports in general becomming too correct.

Is there btw any IM races where male and female pros start together? I would love to see how well Charles and Brondon could hang on to e.g. Amberger.
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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [oscaro] [ In reply to ]
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I love everything about this.
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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [lassekk] [ In reply to ]
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AFAIK no IM branded races have same starts, but xtri events do and I’m guessing a lot more. Doubt we will see these guys and gals in one of those races though.
I do think that it would work well with male/female start in Kona.

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [oscaro] [ In reply to ]
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amberger would take them i rekon....quite handily to ;)
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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [coates_hbk] [ In reply to ]
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Amberger was previously 2:06 for 200 free and 4:16 for 400, Lucy Charles split 2:08 on route to her 8:48 800 in the trials 2012 so I would say they are very even.
If we are lucky maybe he'll chime in ;)

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Last edited by: oscaro: Jan 15, 18 4:57
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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [oscaro] [ In reply to ]
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oscaro wrote:
Amberger was previously 2:06 for 200 free and 4:16 for 400, Lucy Charles split 2:08 on route to her 8:48 800 in the trials 2012 so I would say they are very even.
If we are lucky maybe he'll chime in ;)

Are those really Amberger's times? That's not that quick if they are.

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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Those are the ones he told Slowtwitch back in 2012, however it must be noted that it seems he was 13 when he swam those times.
http://www.slowtwitch.com/Interview/Travels_with_Josh_Amberger_2956.html

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [oscaro] [ In reply to ]
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oscaro wrote:
Those are the ones he told Slowtwitch back in 2012, however it must be noted that it seems he was 13 when he swam those times.
http://www.slowtwitch.com/Interview/Travels_with_Josh_Amberger_2956.html

LOL.

I don't think those count then!

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [oscaro] [ In reply to ]
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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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Haha no maybe not, but I couldn’t find any info on his all time pr’s so had to go with that.
How fast would you recon he has gone? Sub 2?

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [oscaro] [ In reply to ]
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oscaro wrote:
Haha no maybe not, but I couldn’t find any info on his all time pr’s so had to go with that.
How fast would you recon he has gone? Sub 2?

That may be as fast as he has gone, I think he's just done OW and distance stuff since then.

I'm sure he could have gone sub-2 pretty handily.

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [turdburgler] [ In reply to ]
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turdburgler wrote:
I love everything about this.

Yes its good to see.
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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [oscaro] [ In reply to ]
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I think it would be rather competitive. Sure Potts is older now, but he also doesn't show us his swim prowess anymore as part of his race strategy. Potts can most definitely still fly.

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [aerobean] [ In reply to ]
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aerobean wrote:
I think it would be rather competitive. Sure Potts is older now, but he also doesn't show us his swim prowess anymore as part of his race strategy. Potts can most definitely still fly.

Agreed, but IIRC Josh outswum Potts everytime they raced a triathlon. Not just recently.
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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [vittorio] [ In reply to ]
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Potts began the slow and steady approach around 2013, was Josh still mulling around the ITU in those days? I really don't know, I don't know Josh's career timeline that well. Not to say that Josh isn't a phenomenal swimmer, but something tells me Potts races at maybe 75% of his capabilities.

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [aerobean] [ In reply to ]
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aerobean wrote:
Potts began the slow and steady approach around 2013, was Josh still mulling around the ITU in those days? I really don't know, I don't know Josh's career timeline that well. Not to say that Josh isn't a phenomenal swimmer, but something tells me Potts races at maybe 75% of his capabilities.

Maybe Josh himself can chime in and let us know.

I think Potts swam a lot more in the pool, so I'd probably bet my money on him if we are talking a 400m free or something.
Open water triathlon swim? Tough call!
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aerobean wrote:
Potts began the slow and steady approach around 2013, was Josh still mulling around the ITU in those days? I really don't know, I don't know Josh's career timeline that well. Not to say that Josh isn't a phenomenal swimmer, but something tells me Potts races at maybe 75% of his capabilities.

I don't think you can put a percentage on it, but he basically does as little as possible to come out with the lead group. He said he even did some backstroke during kona this year to see where the next group was behind them.
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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [aerobean] [ In reply to ]
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Josh beat Potts out of the water by a minute in Des Moines 2011

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [oscaro] [ In reply to ]
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Andy beat Josh in the swim at Alcatraz in 2014

http://www.josh-amberger.com/...escape-from-alcatraz

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [aerobean] [ In reply to ]
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Tough swim, perhaps Josh is better in calmer conditions?
Either way it would be epic to see the swim off though I doubt Potts will agree. Maybe we could get a Burgs vs Charles matchup though which would still be amazing.

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [oscaro] [ In reply to ]
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Both Josh and Andy are TYR athletes, it might not be that far fetched. Perhaps a charity component would get Potts involved, I think we would all love to see it.

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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [aerobean] [ In reply to ]
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I for one am only watching if they are racing a shark...
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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [MadTownTRI] [ In reply to ]
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I reckon Charles beats them both, maybe even Gomez comes out the water 1st in Kona this year.
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Re: Kona Swim Smack down 2018 Amburger vs Potts vs Charles [oscaro] [ In reply to ]
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So what this thread is telling us is that we need to work on our swim to score a date with Lucy Charles. I guess I gotta double my swim mileage and get an extra lung or two.


oscaro wrote:
Kona is months away but we already got some great smack talk from the swimmers! Potts claims he could take Amberger and Lucy Charles bites back with a 400 free challenge!
Who do you have for the wins and what time, and who is going to live stream from Kona??
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