Very tough times for Sam Laidlow

Not at all, folks have this virus in them their whole lives and it never becomes a thing and it just remains dormant. But if it pops up, it is likely going to be for a long time, I knew one guy that had it active for over 25 years. Remember the famous case Cher had for 6 years. I dont believe it typically gives you a bad day here and there and then just disappears, at least not in us athletes.

Usually we have some red line crossing and the virus asserts itself from dormancy. And then as we are, we try to train through it giving it a much longer life and existence in us than it otherwise would have had if we had just rested. Perhaps there are drugs now(I dont believe any real effective ones) but just plain complete rest is how you get your body to push it back into complete dormancy. And yes, depression comes along with it as most things that upend your life and you feel shitty all the time.

Sam isn’t Richard’s only coached athlete. He has a whole squad.

I had a bout of Epstein Barr/ Mono/ chronic fatigue syndrome. Whatever you want to call it. If anybody is going through a tough time that sounds similar I’d read the book Reverse Therapy by John Eaton. That is what led me on the path to full recovery.

EB virus would show up on a blood test though would it not? Made it seem like they have been doing a fair amount of bloodwork with no explanation of what is wrong. Unless he is producing no antibodies which is a bigger issue…

Looks like he’s back to normal training again which is good! Maybe no Nice this year? He says he hopes to be fit for Roth but I think he still needs to qualify/validate for Nice, correct?
CDA of .1914 pretty slippery!
Why did they wrap him in plastic in the tunnel? is it just to keep warm?

Also noticed he had his old HED Vanquish 84mm front wheel on when they first started testing. Curious how that tested against the Swiss Side.

And an unbranded Ekoi helmet?

Jeroen

Anyone think he has a .19xx CDA?

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paging @marcag

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Noticed this @ 8:39…

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WouldnĀ“t look very good on that test center and the people there, actully giving him those numbers in the video. But agree indeed that CDA seems way off…

ItĀ“s kinda odd, that he has been off for literally months and just comes back with an aero video briefly mentioning that he is ā€œback trainingā€

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Well he did post this video on April 11th,

Yes - I saw that. But that is like 1.5 months old, and inconclusive really. ItĀ“s only now that he is ā€œbackā€ - right ?

I“ll admit, I scroll fast over most sections where he speaks :see_no_evil:

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Don’t know if he is ā€œbackā€ but he has been posting a few session on Instagram this month

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Let“s hope he can come back and defend his title and do well over the rest of the season. Does he have any confirmed races lined up, spare Roth ?

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He said yesterday that he just did a local tri and said "I finished, which is great news ". As for anything other than Roth,I have no idea.

He still needs to validate, doesn’t he?

If that’s the case, I’m surprised he isn’t picking an IM race to test the waters

I believe it

I have seen similar numbers for WT riders (as tall) in Silverstone and replicated on road.

Some riders do not replicate the numbers on road

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