there are three physiologies out there. sprint, IM, and kona. it's possible that macca doesn't have kona physiology. i'm pretty sure that leder doesn't.
but kona's just one race, and had those dozen guys 25 years ago lived in san francisco or seattle, and if that's where the IM took place every year, mark allen would have 10 wins, erin baker would have a few more than she does, and macca might've won the thing by now.
in this one sense, it's too bad that the IM is where it is. i'm glad the world's most important marathon doesn't start at 1pm in kona, or we'd have a vastly different idea of who the world's best marathoners are.
this is why mark allen is the best there ever was, because he could win in kona, long and short, cold and hot, dry and humid. likewise once must acknowledge erin, welchy, skid, and those all-rounders who came close like barel, pigg, mouton, kirsten hansen, and the great short coursers that keep trying kona, like spencer.
as an all-rounder if macca ever wins kona he'll have really done something.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman
but kona's just one race, and had those dozen guys 25 years ago lived in san francisco or seattle, and if that's where the IM took place every year, mark allen would have 10 wins, erin baker would have a few more than she does, and macca might've won the thing by now.
in this one sense, it's too bad that the IM is where it is. i'm glad the world's most important marathon doesn't start at 1pm in kona, or we'd have a vastly different idea of who the world's best marathoners are.
this is why mark allen is the best there ever was, because he could win in kona, long and short, cold and hot, dry and humid. likewise once must acknowledge erin, welchy, skid, and those all-rounders who came close like barel, pigg, mouton, kirsten hansen, and the great short coursers that keep trying kona, like spencer.
as an all-rounder if macca ever wins kona he'll have really done something.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman