desert dude wrote:
buzzsaw wrote:
Who the fook are the dudes #41-80? They really need to bump up the entry barrier to become a pro. Kind of embarrassing.Well M55 is or was the National 3km indoor record holder for indoor track, ran at NAU and is a sub 28min 10k guy but struggled to run the high mileage that most at NAU ran (maybe 1 too many indoor in that sentence but hey it's early). he also tried to race ITU and won some development races, one with a broken seat post. Slowman wrote about him here
M60 is a former national team rider/pro cyclist who has also placed top 5 OV pro's at Oside a long time ago (maybe 3rd iirc) who was beating the F out of amateurs the last few year and still finishing with times in the top 10 OV at 70.3 so decided to race pro again.
M69 was a guy who used to beat the snot of the AG 70.3 fields are well. Poor swimmer really good runner, also typically has a poor bike set up. I once, maybe twice at races pointed out how poorly his bike was set up on IG. used to leave 1-2 minutes on the table just from that, might still, IDK
M41 is a local to Tucson pro. Poor swimmer, solid bike and run. Won't be a factor but would be near the top of the AG field
If any of these 4 raced AG they would be the top seed or one of the top in their AG and let's face it, a lot of age group athletes, maybe the majority, would rather see them race pro instead of AG.
Big props to abundant_pasta_ aka Matt for getting on here and posting a bit about himself. Same with TriSki20 and mathematics. I wish more pros would do that.
Mathematics, Matt and TriSki20, all you guys should put links to your IG or Youtube in your signature line on ST. It's a great way to develop a following and if you're a pro gain a few IG followers which sponsors are currently loving according to the pro's I've bike fit and aero tested this year.
As for my guess I'm betting on Marc the Shark Dubrick in the top 3 after his top 8 finish at 70.3 Worlds. Former XC runner in college, grew up swimming, came for the DL pathway and recently shaved about 20w of drag off his CdA. Will push >300w on the bike and seems to be really fit now.
You forgot on M60, homeboy just causally wakes up out of bed and can run a 15:15 5k with little training.
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