A THINKING MAN’S SPORT part 2.

THE WEAKNESS IS ON THE BIKE  but it's not about ''strength.''

Hello Federation,

Triathlete.com: Being the tactician you are, I was curious as to your opinion on why the main pack let Alistair go. Why do they keep letting him go??!!

McCormack: Well I sort of answered that question previously, but will go here again. You said, “Let him go.” Let me tell you, he takes the time. He just keeps hitting these groups and creating chases. Then his brother will hit the group, and they continue to do it, until the other athletes in the pack start to look around and get others to take up the chase. It is all a mindset. It is basic bike riding 101. The advantage that these boys have right now is that the weakness in the ITU racers is not so much their bike strength but their attitude towards the bike. They are all scared to do too much work on the bike both in training and in the race, for fear of running badly. This has been created because of the drafting on the bike and really because in the past it has been the run that has won the races. But as I said in my last interview with you, sports evolve and I have watched this sport evolve for the past two decades. It is obvious where the flaws in the racing are, and the weaknesses that the racing has now. These guys swim like fish and all run well. The weakness is on the bike. Alistair and his brother have worked together to exploit this and will change the game. This is the future direction of the sport for sure. It is this old attitude from the other racers that has really made them extinct in their preparation, and picking up the pieces of the decimation that these boys are leaving behind that has seen them let their key bike work go, and this in itself has widened the gap between the Brownlees and the rest. Without being disrespectful, for the Brownlees it would be like being A-grade bike racers playing with the B-grade peloton. They know that people will cover the moves a few times, but it is only a matter of time before the break will be successful. In London you saw that perfectly, and like every race break will be successful. In London you saw that perfectly, and like every race, the group chasing looked at each other and no one had the courage to take up the chase because they feel everyone else should do it. Before they knew it, these guys had 80 seconds. Jonathan sat in then and was able to take the rest out in the group on the run. It was beautiful to watch and unless these guys start thinking outside the box, start working out how to counter this, and start having the courage and the balls to race with the same sort of win-or-die-trying attitude, they will continue to be made to look pretty average by these guys!

Well, this goes along with the post ‘’RELEXION’’ and the discriminatory, unethical, and non scientific criteria hold by FMTRI leaving out the one who wins the race.

‘’Most riders are satisfied with the effort they put into pushing the pedals around. It’s easy to sit in the pack and not really think about the race.’’

TIME CHANGES AND IT'S TIME TO CHANGE.

There is a world of difference when you plan a race and read the race during the bike. This is how the boys won in Valle de Bravo National serie, Monterrey (Panamerican selective event) and at the National (Olimpiada Nacional).