Murphy'sLaw wrote:
Rolldown wrote:
It wasn't during the last two years, but not that long ago - when I was between the ages of 40-45 - I KQ'd four times, never swimming faster than 71 minutes. I follow the Murphy's Law school of racing: swim slow, bike fast, run faster.You rang? Total Aversion in the hizzouse!! ;-)
I KQ'd with a 1:19 swim. M40-45.
But as my esteemed colleague so succinctly stated, you need to bike AND run really well if you want to pull that trick off.
It's definitely not the easy way. But it's a way.
...and Mirra has not shown that he can run. What he has shown (at least today, I was not following LP) is that headed out at the same pace as Rapp and Sanders. He was riding 2 kph faster than Sam Gyde at the first split. The first split already has some climbing to get out of Tremblant. So Mirra was way overbiking. Not sure exactly why he thought he needed to head out at the pace of Rapp. You don't need to ride that hard to Kona Q in 40-44 even with a 67 min swim. On top of that, he had a 6 min transition. Why take 2 extra minutes in transition and then over bike when you can just go 2 min faster in transition and then ride easier knowing that you just blew the run in LP and should conserve energy in Tremblant ?
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devashish_paul: Aug 16, 15 18:05