dirtymangos wrote:
Thomas Gerlach wrote:
Based on his bike split compared to some known benchmarks in that local sprint race I would say he has a lot of work to do on his bike.
This is not so bad for only 5 weeks of cycle training. Still- I am not going to put him on my ITU fantasy podium for later this season.
Tom- lets assume that this result reflects 5 weeks of bike training. (Not some other technical problem).
How long would it take someone with bike talent, to go from says 23.73 mph on a course like this to say 26.73 mph?
Who knows how hard he was going on the bike. Based on the results, there were a few guys close to him coming out of the water. He outsplit them both on the bike, so at that point he's out there by himself. I assume he's pretty confident he can outrun anyone in the field, so perhaps he does just enough to be first into T2 and saves those matches for later.
Or maybe he killed himself on the bike to get that number and barely held on to finish the run ahead of Hall. Maybe he went so deep into the pain cave he'll quit triathlon forever.
Hard to say when just looking at numbers, but I hope for the first scenario. I know the current US guys are very talented and I'm sure our guys all train immensely hard, but as a fan I would love to see someone from the US who is a credible threat to medal if they come into T2 with the lead pack.
Aaron Bales
Lansing Triathlon Team