If there was a lifetime ban. Again, LRC would not shy away from mentioning that Pohl would not be as much of an underdog as we perceive him to be if a convicted doper had not beaten him and Sam Long with a uncharacteristically fast bike/run combo at Maryland - the inclusion of why we are underrating an athlete is good journalism.

forgiveness, exoneration, acceptance and future inclusion are separate judgments. we can attempt one without the other(s)

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Sorry? "Pohl would have won" IF what? //

Ha, my first thought, then realized the poster is trolling for this exact response. Pohl may have a bright future, but first he has to beat an old man who is hanging on by a thread in this sport, who has a hard time getting top 10 in any sort of good and deep field...

The issue (as has been said) is not a gap setting thing.
RR was used successfully at Singapore (caveat: success as in: the sun shone, the lights blinked red (some of the time)). I feel sure that the PTO have their 'own' 40-50 sets: these are physically not the same 120 kits planned for use at Oceanside. I suspect the plan was to install the 2.0 ware in the 6 days they had 'tween events: activity immediately placed on hold after the 'fail' before Oceanside. So the Singapore kits/system (same as Miami) remained fine/proven.
I am told that Race Ranger is being fitted to the Texas bikes tomorrow; set at 10m gap obv.

Thanks for the good info! I didn't realize there was a whole different set for PTO vs the Ironman folks. Fingers crossed that the bugs have been worked out and fair play will rule the day at least in part due to their use.

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IRONMAN Texas will take place on Saturday April 27. Men's start 06:25 local (CDT, corresponds to 12:25 in the UK, 13:25 CEST and 04:25 on the West Coast) with the women starting 5 minutes later.
The race will be broadcast live for free real time (but Outside (without the "+") offers no review).

In both Canada and the USA, in "partnership with Outside, IRONMAN Pro Series events will be available to watch exclusively on the website , with on-demand playback available on Outside+."
https://proseries.ironman.com/...ionship-texas-teaser
"Internationally, viewers will be able to tune in across multiple platforms, including on the dedicated IRONMAN Pro Series website, DAZN and L’Equipe"

Women:
Matthews
McCauley
Stage Nielsen
With 6 slots available, following are already IMWCQ: Langridge, Wilms, Alberts

Men:
Currie
Koolhaas
Wilkowiecki
With 6 slots available, following (all likely to finish top 10) are already IMWCQ: Lange, Wilkowiecki, Marquardt, Leiferman, Magnien

Clarke's take (on Tri247, don't what that "covid-19" is doing :))
https://www.tri247.com/...hampionship-covid-19

https://proseries.ironman.com/...ermann-ironman-texas

I put this together for others - people may find useful.

IRONMAN Texas will take place on Saturday April 27. Men's start 06:25 local (CDT, corresponds to 12:25 BST) with the women starting 5 minutes later.
The race will be broadcast live for free real time (pre-'show' from midday)
on the dedicated IRONMAN Pro Series website (for UK)
Best preview out there: https://www.slowtwitch.com/...ro_Preview_8937.html
IM hype: EP 1 of 2: A Fighting Chance: 2024 Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas

https://proseries.ironman.com/watch
Start list: https://files.constantcontact.com/...155-fcc4e4b4ab3c.pdf

Download tracker (on phone): IRONMAN Athlete Tracker App Go to 'Leaders'
https://sportstats.one/event/ironman-texas

Course: IRONMAN Texas | Anything Is Possible
Run map: https://proseries.ironman.com/...seMap_Run_030124.pdf
Weather forecast (set for run start time: midday local): Ventusky - Weather Forecast Maps
Fresh SSE 19mph wind with gusts to 30mph (block headwind from bike 20-42 miles and 61-83, but tailwind coming north x 2 (obv)). High 20s for after noon run (before that riding north will have far less cooling effect as the gusts will be same speed as riders!)
Ironman Texas 2024 (Apr 27th) – Seedings – TriRating
Seedings are based on previous race results
Preview: Stars revealed for first full distance race of the IRONMAN Pro Series in Texas
We can see the swim from lakeside (the run course goes round the large lake and bike access). The bike course is two loops so xxxxxx only seen (I think) 4 times. The (mostly) lakeside run is three loops (and very pretty).
Edit to add: Race Ranger fitted.

Aaaand we are off! Seems a bit less commercial breaks this time ... thanks god!

Surprisingly, I have no complains about the broadcast thus far. Looking forward to a good race.

Anybody else getting “This Video file cannot be played” every few minutes?

I have to refresh the page to continue watching.

It is working fine for me on Apple TV

I’m watching on my macbook and it happens every time they go to commercials, which is now getting a bit annoying.

Watching here on Chrome on a Macbook: https://proseries.ironman.com/races/im-texas

I tried watching from there, but same thing happens. Every time they switch to an ad it breaks, and I have to hit refresh.

Also, these are getting a bit annoying. 70s of ads every like 5 minutes.

Is Outside+ ad free? If so it’s worth considering to get rid of the ads.

Skipper 8mins back in the swim is ridiculous, he really does need to do a Sam/Lionel and start focusing on it more, getting into fights with the local old ladies at the David Lloyd gym is really not working 😬

I think you mean just Lionel because Sam isn’t swimming well at all. Over 4 minutes down in Singapore. He would be right next to joe in a full.

I’m disappointed that it is on outside. I have a far better viewing experience on YouTube.

With the free outside you can only watch live to watch after the fact, you must subscribe.

On YouTube, I pause the stream and train or work or whatever. Watch at my convenience. I can fast forward through less tactical sections. Also, on YouTube I can watch at 1.5 or 2.0 speed till it catches up in real time.

I’ve watched Ironmans in the past on YouTube and watch T100 on YouTube. MUCH BETTER THAN outside online…

Lange riding 6th already - if he can stay there, game over! (not 3rd, sorry)

Kat race over. 5 min penalty. Bummer.

Incredible that in these days of super bikes with integrated hydration/fuelling points we still have athletes carry 3 even 4 standard bottles draped all over their frames. Do any pros actually use the internal hydration compartments their bikes come with?

Not over. Stage Nielsen has one too (5). Depends on how Langridge and Wilms run. They are both 3:10 runners

You can carry max 1L of liquid in most built-in deposits. For a male athlete you need 4-5 bottles at least for a day like today.
If you need to pick up hydration on the way, you are going to need to slow down. The commenter called it "momentum" which I undertand, but it has nothing to do with momentum physics-wise.

Bottles between arms and behind the butt are basically "free" aero-wise.

So that´s it ...

Fair enough. Hope you are right, I want to see her win!