Live coverage of Clear Lake commences. My guess: Bradenton’s winner David Thompson gets a stiff challenge on the bike today, which he did NOT get in Florida, as he manhandled Vanhoenacker and everyone else. Look for our own Rappstar to give Thompson some company out there, and something to think about for 80 miles.
ok…i m heading out to watch the world cup in a few minutes, it s sunny in vancouver!!! can you give me the final results right now so i dont miss anything? GO RAPPSTAR!!!
Any one else having trouble getting video coverage. It worked earlier, but now I’m getting nothing…
there’s a link to video, and an auto-generated leaderboard much like ironmanlive uses, on tri 101’s main page. as for the video, i don’t see anything at this moment. as for the leaderboard and athlete finder, we’ll see how that works.
video is back up! Looking forward to your blog.
Danielle
is bigzach online right now? zachster, why aren’t you here?
I cant make the video work, but that may be security on my end. The athlete tracker/live results is awful. Is there a logic to it that I’m not getting?
scratch that
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Ummm, Dan have the girls in the trailer distracted you from updates or did they break something? Stupid girls, always breaking stuff… 
i would like to say that two girls and one guy in a trailer caused the delay but, in truth, it was a dropped internet connection. back on board now. more later.
Did John Robertson make the start? He’s a local guy for us Houston area Texans.
" Did John Robertson make the start? He’s a local guy for us Houston area Texans."
i do not know. but rappstar just pulled back 2:10 on thompson in the last 10 miles.
Is Monty or anyone getting any pics of Thompson and Rappstar?
Thanks for the updates,
Herbert
" Is Monty or anyone getting any pics of Thompson and Rappstar?"
my camera’s batteries just died, and i find myself temporarily out of charged AAs. so i’ve got a runner getting me another set. Monty’s also taking pics, but he’s out there spotting and not in a position to upload.
I’m liking what’s going on here, from the point of view of the uberbiker thing (which is a race within a race in enjoy following). i think rapp’s very hungry to prove today he’s in the sport’s elite cyclists.
Go DKT!!!
If David can’t pull it out, hopefully Jordan can.
Combined they have more IQ than the entire rest of the field!
“Combined they have more IQ than the entire rest of the field!”
isn’t that interesting. thinkers who can ride. not that the hard riders in our sport’s history haven’t been thinkers. it’s just interesting that rapp, thompson and bjorn seem to really be looking at the nuts and bolts of riding, not simply just stomping on the pedals.
john had a bad wreck in the hill country a few weeks ago and had surgery on his broken clavicle. he is not racing. the guy who hit him ( was on a motorcycle) died. john is recovering well.
jana
the two guys you’re pulling for are now one and two, at mi-75. jordan’s making a mad (maybe suicide) rush to catch thompson. rapp’s hair is on fire right now, and he’s bearing down, with thompson in his sights.
Dang, sorry to hear that about John. He’s a great guy and I enjoy talking to him at the store. Send him my best, Mark.
“It seems that Holloway is hanging tough”
Don’t forget, Holloway won Ironman Canada in 2005. She’s tough all the way!