Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike)

Apr 8, 18 18:01

Post #1 of 21 (5247 views)

Pretty solid race all around for the guy who was badly injured a few years ago. 1:18 was a solid run. He now has just around 3000 KPR points, so I assume he should be able to get enought to get to Kona. He could make the Kona front bike pack very interesting, if Wurf, Kienle, Sanders and Frodo all ride together with Starky to put space on Gomez and Lange!!!

It looks like Starky was really close to being able to pull out the win in Galveston today! In addition to Kanute who raced from the front at 70.3 World's but had to race catch up here, Michael Weiss put in a 1:11 run to pass Starky too. Does anyone know how long Starky and Kanute rode together....or was it just a one shot pass?

Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [devashish_paul] [ In reply to ]

Apr 8, 18 18:34

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When I saw them out near the turnaround Ben was about 30-40 seconds ahead. That would have been at about km 48 for them. It appears that it was a one shot pass.

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Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [devashish_paul] [ In reply to ]

Apr 9, 18 7:02

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Great day for Andrew - and I think this was a warm up for IM TX in two weeks -- sweet...

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Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [devashish_paul] [ In reply to ]

Apr 9, 18 7:55

Post #4 of 21 (4565 views)

devashish_paul wrote:

Pretty solid race all around for the guy who was badly injured a few years ago. 1:18 was a solid run. He now has just around 3000 KPR points, so I assume he should be able to get enought to get to Kona. He could make the Kona front bike pack very interesting, if Wurf, Kienle, Sanders and Frodo all ride together with Starky to put space on Gomez and Lange!!!

It looks like Starky was really close to being able to pull out the win in Galveston today! In addition to Kanute who raced from the front at 70.3 World's but had to race catch up here, Michael Weiss put in a 1:11 run to pass Starky too. Does anyone know how long Starky and Kanute rode together....or was it just a one shot pass?

Starky seems to have solid runs quite frequently in the 117-118 range. While I have seen better off a solid bike I can imagine he put in a surge to catch and pass Kanute and that sapped the legs a bit. Speaking of which, I wonder if Frodeno puts in a call to Kanute and gets him to move up the Ironman distance. Kanute is over 3000 as well. Frodeno could use a solid swimmer/biker to put distance between on him and the rest of the field.

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Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]

Apr 9, 18 8:57

Post #5 of 21 (4425 views)

Thomas Gerlach wrote:

devashish_paul wrote:

Pretty solid race all around for the guy who was badly injured a few years ago. 1:18 was a solid run. He now has just around 3000 KPR points, so I assume he should be able to get enought to get to Kona. He could make the Kona front bike pack very interesting, if Wurf, Kienle, Sanders and Frodo all ride together with Starky to put space on Gomez and Lange!!!

It looks like Starky was really close to being able to pull out the win in Galveston today! In addition to Kanute who raced from the front at 70.3 World's but had to race catch up here, Michael Weiss put in a 1:11 run to pass Starky too. Does anyone know how long Starky and Kanute rode together....or was it just a one shot pass?

Starky seems to have solid runs quite frequently in the 117-118 range. While I have seen better off a solid bike I can imagine he put in a surge to catch and pass Kanute and that sapped the legs a bit. Speaking of which, I wonder if Frodeno puts in a call to Kanute and gets him to move up the Ironman distance. Kanute is over 3000 as well. Frodeno could use a solid swimmer/biker to put distance between on him and the rest of the field.

Josh Amberger is going to get even madder at you now...way to go TG! haha

Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]

Apr 9, 18 9:32

Post #6 of 21 (4337 views)

Thomas Gerlach wrote:

devashish_paul wrote:

Pretty solid race all around for the guy who was badly injured a few years ago. 1:18 was a solid run. He now has just around 3000 KPR points, so I assume he should be able to get enought to get to Kona. He could make the Kona front bike pack very interesting, if Wurf, Kienle, Sanders and Frodo all ride together with Starky to put space on Gomez and Lange!!!

It looks like Starky was really close to being able to pull out the win in Galveston today! In addition to Kanute who raced from the front at 70.3 World's but had to race catch up here, Michael Weiss put in a 1:11 run to pass Starky too. Does anyone know how long Starky and Kanute rode together....or was it just a one shot pass?

Starky seems to have solid runs quite frequently in the 117-118 range. While I have seen better off a solid bike I can imagine he put in a surge to catch and pass Kanute and that sapped the legs a bit. Speaking of which, I wonder if Frodeno puts in a call to Kanute and gets him to move up the Ironman distance. Kanute is over 3000 as well. Frodeno could use a solid swimmer/biker to put distance between on him and the rest of the field.

BK has a decent shot at an Olympic medal. No way he is switching now....

(settle down folks: in the relay!)

Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [jkhayc] [ In reply to ]

Apr 9, 18 9:38

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jkhayc wrote:

Thomas Gerlach wrote:

devashish_paul wrote:

Pretty solid race all around for the guy who was badly injured a few years ago. 1:18 was a solid run. He now has just around 3000 KPR points, so I assume he should be able to get enought to get to Kona. He could make the Kona front bike pack very interesting, if Wurf, Kienle, Sanders and Frodo all ride together with Starky to put space on Gomez and Lange!!!

It looks like Starky was really close to being able to pull out the win in Galveston today! In addition to Kanute who raced from the front at 70.3 World's but had to race catch up here, Michael Weiss put in a 1:11 run to pass Starky too. Does anyone know how long Starky and Kanute rode together....or was it just a one shot pass?

Starky seems to have solid runs quite frequently in the 117-118 range. While I have seen better off a solid bike I can imagine he put in a surge to catch and pass Kanute and that sapped the legs a bit. Speaking of which, I wonder if Frodeno puts in a call to Kanute and gets him to move up the Ironman distance. Kanute is over 3000 as well. Frodeno could use a solid swimmer/biker to put distance between on him and the rest of the field.

Josh Amberger is going to get even madder at you now...way to go TG! haha

As soon as I posted that I thought of that. It will be interesting to see if those three can link up. I know Josh exited solo last but I don't know how much of that was Frodo just being smart and understanding that the effort wasn't worth it. Maybe he couldn't go. Maybe it was just an off day in general. Maybe he never expected Lionel, Sebi, and Cam to link up like that. Regardless I would love to see a group off the front like Josh, Frodo and Ben. Starky in the next group. With Lionel, Sanders, and Sebi coming from behind.

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Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [devashish_paul] [ In reply to ]

Apr 9, 18 15:06

Post #8 of 21 (4064 views)

Fantastic race for Starky. Really believe it's setting things up really well for him at IM Texas. I see him in the podium for sure. It's going to be interesting how much he can put on Hanson in the bike as we all know Matt can run in the 2:40s. Gonna be a fantastic race.

Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [Alfredo] [ In reply to ]

Apr 10, 18 18:11

Post #9 of 21 (3776 views)

Alfredo wrote:

Fantastic race for Starky. Really believe it's setting things up really well for him at IM Texas. I see him in the podium for sure. It's going to be interesting how much he can put on Hanson in the bike as we all know Matt can run in the 2:40s. Gonna be a fantastic race.

It will be interesting to see how much Starky puts on the field at IM Texas during the bike leg! I'm getting into following all the early season fireworks that can impact the Kona race dynamics depends on who qualifies and where they fit into the race dynamic!

Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [devashish_paul] [ In reply to ]

Apr 11, 18 7:32

Post #10 of 21 (3613 views)

What's more impressive is that he weighs 185lbs+. How does a guy his size run a 1:18 in a half ironman.

Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [trimac2] [ In reply to ]

Apr 11, 18 7:35

Post #11 of 21 (3604 views)

trimac2 wrote:

What's more impressive is that he weighs 185lbs+. How does a guy his size run a 1:18 in a half ironman.

Cause 1:18 for a half Ironman isn’t that fast for a pro. He has a huge engine which makes up for the weight but it still isn’t in the same ballpark as the faster running pros.

Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [Thomas Gerlach] [ In reply to ]

Apr 11, 18 7:58

Post #12 of 21 (3567 views)

I don’t see A. Brownlee’s name in here, did I miss something?

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Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [Karl] [ In reply to ]

Apr 11, 18 8:06

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Karl wrote:

I don’t see A. Brownlee’s name in here, did I miss something?

?? He was racing at the Commonwealth Games

Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [newManUK] [ In reply to ]

Apr 11, 18 8:11

Post #14 of 21 (3543 views)

I saw he did not have great race, but never heard his Ironman quest had stopped

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Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [Karl] [ In reply to ]

Apr 11, 18 8:17

Post #15 of 21 (3535 views)

Because it hasn't? He has never said he was doing Kona 2018, just 70.3 worlds. Maybe Kona next year, and judging by his results I would say that is starting to look more likely than Tokyo.

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Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [devashish_paul] [ In reply to ]

Apr 11, 18 16:04

Post #16 of 21 (3362 views)

Totally agree. Can you imagine a bike pack of Starky, Wurf, Kienle, Sanders working together. Fireworks indeed. Am I missing anyone?

Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [ajthomas] [ In reply to ]

Apr 11, 18 18:10

Post #17 of 21 (3273 views)

An Olympic Medal at Tokyo? Are you serious?

ajthomas wrote:

Thomas Gerlach wrote:

devashish_paul wrote:

Pretty solid race all around for the guy who was badly injured a few years ago. 1:18 was a solid run. He now has just around 3000 KPR points, so I assume he should be able to get enought to get to Kona. He could make the Kona front bike pack very interesting, if Wurf, Kienle, Sanders and Frodo all ride together with Starky to put space on Gomez and Lange!!!

It looks like Starky was really close to being able to pull out the win in Galveston today! In addition to Kanute who raced from the front at 70.3 World's but had to race catch up here, Michael Weiss put in a 1:11 run to pass Starky too. Does anyone know how long Starky and Kanute rode together....or was it just a one shot pass?

Starky seems to have solid runs quite frequently in the 117-118 range. While I have seen better off a solid bike I can imagine he put in a surge to catch and pass Kanute and that sapped the legs a bit. Speaking of which, I wonder if Frodeno puts in a call to Kanute and gets him to move up the Ironman distance. Kanute is over 3000 as well. Frodeno could use a solid swimmer/biker to put distance between on him and the rest of the field.

BK has a decent shot at an Olympic medal. No way he is switching now....

(settle down folks: in the relay!)

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Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [Alfredo] [ In reply to ]

Apr 11, 18 18:25

Post #18 of 21 (3241 views)

Totally agree. Can you imagine a bike pack of Starky, Wurf, Kienle, Sanders working together. Fireworks indeed. Am I missing anyone? //

Just Howard, Zack, Hellerigal, Stadler, Leito, Vanhocnakeer, and Steve Larsen...Just imagine that lineup all together in one race..(-;

Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [Alfredo] [ In reply to ]

Apr 11, 18 18:37

Post #19 of 21 (3215 views)

Alfredo wrote:

Totally agree. Can you imagine a bike pack of Starky, Wurf, Kienle, Sanders working together. Fireworks indeed. Am I missing anyone?

Luke McKenzie if he is there and in form. He was frothing after watching last years race.

Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [Shambolic] [ In reply to ]

Apr 11, 18 18:41

Post #20 of 21 (3204 views)

Totally agree Shambolic. Maybe Bocherer and Joe Skipper too?

Re: Starky Just ran 1:18 at Galveston (after a 2:00 bike) [Brandes] [ In reply to ]

Apr 11, 18 19:44

Post #21 of 21 (3144 views)

Yeah, why not. Gold seems possible even.

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