tuckandgo wrote:
So, you know what. Just have 'fastest' times per course/venue. And not compare between. It's an outdoor sport, not a controlled venue (as much as our type A, controlling personalities want it to be)
That way it really doesn't matter if a course is short (for the purpose of records), or encourages draft packs, or allows the lead biker too close to the moto. Or if women get a boost being passed by fast AG'er (part of the game)
Apples are compared with apples.
And everyone can be happy and stop the angst.
Happy Friday everybody :-)
These are my thoughts exactly but I was afraid to put it in that other thread as I was afraid of all those "mean people" piling on me :-). When I started competing in triathlons, I was chasing the time but soon realized how subjective they are. The courses are so different, weather, sea/lake conditions, wet suit or not... I did 5:45 in IM Florida, nice and clean ride, the next year it was very windy and I would have been slower.
Can somebody organize a river swim where we would swim downstream and, ya-hooo, look at the new swim record?? Who will do this first, Ironman or Challenge? I
I think the interview was good, straightforward questions and straightforward answers.
About not releasing the files, I wouldn't do that either. Years ago, I was doing strength training with a paralympic athlete who represented Canada in Vancouver 2010, I was his secondary coach, trained him now and then. What we did is nobody's business, we did what his primary coach told us and would release the files only if we were under some sort of investigation.