If you read my post again,...you can see I didn't name my friend Jonnyo. J - love you man.
Anyways,...my point on this issue is that we really shouldn't be having to talk about this. As pros, we know that we don't need to hammer the first 1/2 of the race to still have a decent bike split anyways. Why don't we just chill out,...and spread out,...we have soooooo much room to cover,...we could each space ourselves out 100m if we wanted (exactly what Kyle did - kudos brother), take in our nutrition, relax and hydrate and worry about order later. The constant leap-frogging, and jostling for position...doing the 'i'm leading,...now you lead,...then I'll lead' thing just doesn't make sense if you're trying to race without a draft.
What would we all do in a world where riding within 50m of another rider actually made us slower? Do you think we'd slowly creep up on our competitors, and see how long we could challenge ourselves by riding in the 'difficult zone' (opposite of a draft zone)??? Hell no! We'd make sure we did everything possible to keep away from each other. We'd each ride our own race entirely dependent our own strategies,...the way Ironman racing has always intented to be.
http://www.bikeforest.com/scott
Anyways,...my point on this issue is that we really shouldn't be having to talk about this. As pros, we know that we don't need to hammer the first 1/2 of the race to still have a decent bike split anyways. Why don't we just chill out,...and spread out,...we have soooooo much room to cover,...we could each space ourselves out 100m if we wanted (exactly what Kyle did - kudos brother), take in our nutrition, relax and hydrate and worry about order later. The constant leap-frogging, and jostling for position...doing the 'i'm leading,...now you lead,...then I'll lead' thing just doesn't make sense if you're trying to race without a draft.
What would we all do in a world where riding within 50m of another rider actually made us slower? Do you think we'd slowly creep up on our competitors, and see how long we could challenge ourselves by riding in the 'difficult zone' (opposite of a draft zone)??? Hell no! We'd make sure we did everything possible to keep away from each other. We'd each ride our own race entirely dependent our own strategies,...the way Ironman racing has always intented to be.
http://www.bikeforest.com/scott