According to the front page article. Was not expecting that after a long ITU year. Anyone have guesses at his reasoning? Prize money does not seem to be too big a factor.
Either way, will be very interesting to see him in non-draft racing against the likes of potts and dye. Have never seen him on a TT set-up; wondering if he will ride his ITU set-up instead. Wish I could be there.
Predictions?
He raced the L.A. Tri last year and took 2nd to Docherty, on a TT bike… He will be riding a shiv, he tweeted this on 9/14: “off for a bike ride on the Shiv. Playing with a new toy is always a new motivation ;-)”
For predictions, he will have a top swim and probably the best run. He might loose on the bike as he did in L.A. since there is no drafting. He rode 57:13 whereas bennett and Docherty went 55:43 and 55:25 and starykowicz went 53:25 but ran 36:11. He’ll be on the podium, but his bike split needs to have him close enough to run to the lead…
The Brownlee’s are crowding him out of ITU WCS races and he needs to find another race series to aim at.
He’s on his way to Kona. So why not race en route? He will race a TT bike certainly. He has raced LA the past few years, always on a TT bike. He’s got a pretty good position, and he’s obviously more than capable as a bike rider.
I predict he will kick ass and take names later…
The “Jav” will come out of the water in the first pack.
He’ll be within spitting distance of everyone except Starky as they come into T2…
He’ll then proceed to then run a 30:+ 10K to absolutely smoke the rest of the field…
Gomez, Ospaly and Potts …in that order.
I’m pumped to watch this race now. Is there a live stream?
there are a lot of ITU guys doing the race, which is awesome. The top ten is going to be very close.
I predict he will kick ass and take names later…
The “Jav” will come out of the water in the first pack.
He’ll be within spitting distance of everyone except Starky as they come into T2…
He’ll then proceed to then run a 30:+ 10K to absolutely smoke the rest of the field…
Gomez, Ospaly and Potts …in that order.
Which is probably why he will get a drafting penalty.
Potts gets the win leading wire to wire.
Forgot about everyone heading down to Kona for sponsors.
My prediction is he and potts are 1/2 out of the water but he’ll lose a few on the bike. Will be awesome to see if he can go hunting and pick off guys in the last 2k. I know he can drop the hammer and run off the front for 2-8k but we’ll see if he has that top-end speed with a mile to go and 2 guys 30 seconds ahead of him.
Wish there was video, but think it is just the normal updates (far better than nothing).
and Jordan, Dallas is not that far out of the way from BC to Kona… any thoughts of stopping by for a high intensity training day for AZ??
I think if you did that, and this Crowie stuff continues at this pace, this forum might blow up the internet.
Isn’t Potts racing in Kona next week? I find it hard to believe he would have the short course speed at this time to beat guys like Gomez, Dye, Hayes and Don.
I’ll be racing, but really wish I could watch the race too!
Isn’t Potts racing in Kona next week? I find it hard to believe he would have the short course speed at this time to beat guys like Gomez, Dye, Hayes and Don.
I’ll be racing, but really wish I could watch the race too!
Don’t know about Kona, but isn’t the purse pretty large for winning the series? Can’t imagine he would show up if winning was not his goal (and prepared to execute to win).
For a 60k+ pay day (including car) I’m sure he will be in top form for the distance.
but isn’t the purse pretty large for winning the series? Can’t imagine he would show up if winning was not his goal (and prepared to execute to win).
Kona = 8.5 hours of racing and an ok prize purse
Dallas = 1.85 hours of racing and a decent prize purse.
When you look at it as a ROI on your minutes of work, Kona is a losing proposition unless you win.
I agree that the ROI for Dallas is much higher, but I still think his training has to be more kona specific. He struggled a little at Hyvee, also a big pay day, most likely due to kona training (I’m guessing).
He took 2nd to bennett there in 2008, the weekend before his Kona debut, where he went 7th. His Dallas splits were: 18:30, 56:30, 30:53 (1:47:29). Bennett went 30:29 on the run for reference…
He has been tearing up the short/medium series this year though, even with his Kona specific prep. HyVee and 70.3 Boulder were the falters. 1st Oceanside 70.3, 1st FL 70.3, 1st Cap Tex, 1st Escape from Alcatraz, 1st Philly Tri, 2nd Life Time Fitness, 1st Vineman 70.3…
All good points. Damn, pulling out the 2008 race as a reference! I like it. I hope it’s a great race this year.
When you look at it as a ROI on your minutes of work, Kona is a losing proposition unless you win.
Exactly why I’m not there this year.