Yes well then you are assuming he is overbiking, which is not necessarily true. We saw the same thing with Björn, people accused him of overbiking but didn’t understand that him biking 5 min slower wouldnt result in him running 5+ min faster.
Some are just better bikers, and for sure he doesn’t have the running base the others do so there is improvement to be made eitger way.

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Terrible Tuesday’s Triathlon

As I said, I may be wrong. Not long before we get to see what happens.

He won't swim front pack.

He'll never come close to swimming in the front pack in Kona and he'd be the first to tell you that. Roth was a wetsuit swim, in a narrow canal, with no strong swimmers in the mix. Kona is a very different beast in the water.

wurf has proven to be the Lance Armstrong replacement.. so far. It would be great if he came to do super frog 70.3 and beat Lance's 2:02 bike split. If so.. we can assume last year what wurf did would have been what Lance was capable of at Kona

We talked with Wurf post race and he is not racing Frankfurt.

Swim is exact but easy to sight. Bike has always been 111. Run is exact - loved the new course.

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I heard an interview with Wurf where he said he was riding fairly comfortably and wanted to keep Kienle on his wheel, but he accidently dropped him!
I guess he could run faster if he biked slowed, but it probably wouldn't be worth his while.

Who is talking about a guy who bikes 4:15 and runs 2:51? He came 5th but is the talk of the town!

Here is the funny thing....Kienle just did the 3rd fastest time EVER at Roth. He biked 4:07 and ran 2:48. He's barely been mentioned in this thread. I hope Sebi can repeat that type of form in Kona and run 2:50 flat after marking Wurf for the bike. I don't think Frodo is letting these guys run away. He needs a bit of a gap on Gomez and Lange at T2. Kienle and Wurf are the train (along with Lionel).

Does anyone know which WTC Ironman Kienle will use to validate?

Didn’t he do Cozumel last year? Think he has the validation now

Yes, you're right he did. Forgot about that one.

My Garmins had 110.6 for the bike and 25.95 for the run.

David....I think you passed me on that hill just before Solar Berg on the first lap.......I saw your name and the American Flag...I was going to shout out..."Hey are you David from Slowtwitch?" I think you were wearing Black/Red? Didn't have the best first lap on the bike but amazing day and amazing race!

 Yes! That was me. Simply amazing isn’t it? I can’t wait till next time :-)

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It truly was amazing....wish I had my camera on me....the balloons at the start throwing glitter down, the shear amount of people watching the swim....who watches the swim....but everyone was there!
The crowd support was unreal. I was telling someone it makes Lake Placid look like a local sprint race!!

Those were early but exciting tech innovation times... Jurgen was 6'2 testing a beam bike with 26 inch wheels with 8 carbon spokes in each (spinergy)...and he ran in super light shoes designed to last no more than 100km...the yellow Nike MayFly... Named after the insect that only lives one day

ETA : those shoes were 135 grams!

http://blog.size.co.uk/2016/02/28/a-brief-history-nike-mayfly/

Here is a photo album from our trip . . . Challenge Roth 2018 - https://photos.app.goo.gl/XTrUnVZ8cYnnW1hL8 for those who weren't there maybe it can give a bit of flavor to the experience.

By the way, one of the highlights is the Challenge Women 5k race . . . my bride was 1st 55 - 59!

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"Never did Roth, but rode in the lead vehicle the year Jurgen won and watched the entire race from the front. No garmins back then, but I checked a dozen or so avocet's after the bike in transition, and course was 6 to 8k short. Run was a bit short too back then.. That was all between 85 and 90 I believe."
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The race was only full distance a time or two in those years - I believe '88 and '90, and then full every year since. Jurgen first race and won in 1989 when it was 1/2 distance. I believe Jurgen first won at the full distance in '93. Probably a coincidence, but my first two times there were '89 and '93. Every time I have done the full my cyclometer/avocet/garmin said 111 on the bike. The run was always within a very reasonable margin of error (as close as any other IM). My swims in Roth have always been right in line with other wetsuit swims - Canada, Lake Placid, Coeur d'Alene, etc.

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Can't access the album. :(

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Paulo Matos

 Sorry – I’m not good at this stuff. Does this link work: https://photos.app.goo.gl/XTrUnVZ8cYnnW1hL8

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David
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