Do you know her background and triathlon pathway?
If you knew and understood it, I think you would realize she likely realizes what she needs in order to be competitive and win at a world class level.
Her journey she realized it wasn’t good enough to just swim-bike-run train she needed to go “all in” to take that next step. So I think your theory just wouldn’t work for her because she had real world experience of your suggestion not working for her. It wasn’t until she went into the squad environment that she became unstoppable. Before that it was good results but not consistent world class front of group results.
Would she love to live in Portland (or wherever it is she lives) and tri train. I’d almost guarantee she would, but she knows that would likely limit her ability to get the most out of herself. Eta: I have have a theory that she actually likely didn’t really enjoy triathlon she was just stupid good at it and was still fresh enough that the squad based approach would help her take her over the top. But I just never thought she “loved” this more she just dealt with it cus this is what you had to do in order to win. It’s why she has zero interest in the non-draft stuff, etc. it was kinda crazy that before the gold medal tours it was as if she had left tri.
She’s not really a Nicola spirig type that can to train off on her own w a coach and do beast mode.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
If you knew and understood it, I think you would realize she likely realizes what she needs in order to be competitive and win at a world class level.
Her journey she realized it wasn’t good enough to just swim-bike-run train she needed to go “all in” to take that next step. So I think your theory just wouldn’t work for her because she had real world experience of your suggestion not working for her. It wasn’t until she went into the squad environment that she became unstoppable. Before that it was good results but not consistent world class front of group results.
Would she love to live in Portland (or wherever it is she lives) and tri train. I’d almost guarantee she would, but she knows that would likely limit her ability to get the most out of herself. Eta: I have have a theory that she actually likely didn’t really enjoy triathlon she was just stupid good at it and was still fresh enough that the squad based approach would help her take her over the top. But I just never thought she “loved” this more she just dealt with it cus this is what you had to do in order to win. It’s why she has zero interest in the non-draft stuff, etc. it was kinda crazy that before the gold medal tours it was as if she had left tri.
She’s not really a Nicola spirig type that can to train off on her own w a coach and do beast mode.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
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B_Doughtie: May 22, 19 11:11