I wear size small gloves, and can usually borrow my wife’s women’s smalls fairly easily. I have size 8 US (41 EU) feet. Today in the pool I decided that all you people with big hands and feet can bite me.
I know that certain physiological characteristics are common among elite athletes in a given sport. My question: how much does being a midget cost me in the pool? I know someone Rapp’s size is going to beat me in a TT even with equal w/kg - it is what it is and I need to pick hilly courses where w/kg matters more than w/cda (not that I would beat him on a hilly course, either).
I know how to do the math on that one - what’s the math on 5’7" and tiny hands/feet versus an “average” sized male?
Go look for youtube videos (or from anywhere else) of the swim events of the Para Olympics in Beijing. Those guys and girls swim with missing arms and legs and can still beat the crap out of the average Triathlete or even MOP Ironman. It’s not about arms and legs my friend. It’s about heart.
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