Triathlon and Yokohama World Cup

Soccer has changed over the last 20 years.  The footballer is more athletic and muscular than before; it is necessary to intimidate applying force when playing against technical rivals as Brazil.  Barcelona Club continued to play differently, applying more technique than force, they lost everything this year. Triathlon was different this last time in Yokohama.  A new variable played a big role, kind of a loose cannon, Tom Davidson pulled the chased group to reach the first one knowing that he was not able to run (35 minutes for the 10k).  Did he have a plan? He never tried to escape from the rest; he just kept the tempo at 50 km/hr.  Murray thanked Davidson for the ride.  Mola was able to get second while Murray was third coming more than 40 seconds after the swim.  The ones that worked for the first group were defeated except for Gómez.  What a job champ?  Chapeau!  This has been a kiwi problem; I mentioned this in a previous post.

28 oct. 2012

“Crocodile” Dundee Phenomenon and Triathlon.

What follows in this paragraph could look like another matter but it is not. I saw on TV that a free trade between NZ and China was signed. Reaction from friends were present immediately, the USA wants to have a military base there to stop the spreading of China without control; otherwise New Zealand will be punished somehow.  It is presented as the only way to survive in this new world for New Zealand, according to the TV program.  NZ is conscious about the human rights in China, and that the USA sees this as a threat to its way of living and thinking.  New Zealanders feel they need the trade with China to continue with their way of living.  The TV program mentioned the slogan about New Zealand, “Many friends, no enemies.” China signed the first free trade with the West, experimenting with the Kiwis.  That is the way Crocodile Dundee would go Kiwis; watch out, you know how he ended up.

Next stop will be interesting to see.  How the Brownlees, Gómez and the rest will overcome this loose cannon.  Is Davidson getting pay by Mola and Murray for his job?  He should get pay. Hopefully the first pack comes up with something more interesting than just sitting in the peloton as the female competitors do.  It is becoming boring when they just sit without any other strategy but a wet run.

Triathlon and the Evolution of a Champion

The first champion who trained triathlon as the only sport was Alistair Brownlee.  Jonathan Brownlee followed as well as Mario Mola.  The junior who won the championship in New Zealand (2012), Wian Sullwald started to appear in the international scene, two years after winning the Junior Championship.  Resistance to speed is what followed in these juniors who were champions in order to be at elite level.  It took longer for Mario Mola and needed to leave Spain to improve (trains most of the year with Joe Filliol´s squad).  These four samples help to understand the evolution of a champion.

1	Javier	Gomez Noya	ESP		01:44:52	00:16:51	00:01:07	00:56:11	00:00:22	00:30:23
2	Jonathan	Brownlee	GBR		01:45:11	00:16:49	00:01:04	00:56:15	00:00:23	00:30:41
3	Dmitry	Polyanskiy	RUS		01:45:35	00:16:55	00:01:00	00:56:17	00:00:22	00:31:02
4	Mario	Mola	ESP		01:45:44	00:17:31	00:01:02	00:56:55	00:00:21	00:29:58
5	Richard	Murray	RSA		01:45:57	00:17:53	00:01:00	00:56:38	00:00:21	00:30:07
6	Aaron	Royle	AUS		01:46:05	00:17:00	00:01:01	00:56:09	00:00:24	00:31:33
7	Aaron	Harris	GBR		01:46:06	00:17:31	00:01:05	00:56:52	00:00:22	00:30:18
8	Vincent	Luis	FRA		01:46:10	00:17:02	00:01:00	00:56:08	00:00:23	00:31:39
9	Joao	Pereira	POR		01:46:12	00:17:39	00:01:02	00:56:52	00:00:22	00:30:18
10	Ryan	Sissons	NZL		01:46:17	00:17:50	00:01:00	00:56:39	00:00:21	00:30:28
11	Aurelien	Raphael	FRA		01:46:23	00:16:48	00:01:03	00:56:19	00:00:22	00:31:54
12	Ryan	Bailie	AUS		01:46:29	00:17:33	00:01:04	00:56:54	00:00:24	00:30:36
13	Gregor	Buchholz	GER		01:46:34	00:17:48	00:01:01	00:56:41	00:00:21	00:30:44
14	Richard	Varga	SVK		01:46:35	00:16:45	00:01:03	00:56:22	00:00:23	00:32:05
15	Wian	Sullwald	RSA		01:46:44	00:17:00	00:00:56	00:56:16	00:00:21	00:32:13

http://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2014_itu_world_triathlon_cape_town/265341

1	Henri	Schoeman	RSA		02:00:15	00:17:24	00:00:25	01:09:21	00:00:27	00:32:38
2	Richard	Murray	RSA		02:01:49	00:20:22	00:00:27	01:08:40	00:00:26	00:31:54
3	Wian	Sullwald	RSA		02:02:26	00:18:58	00:00:22	01:09:40	00:00:27	00:32:59

http://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2014_troutbeck_atu_triathlon_african_championships/264278

It takes at least three years to be able to run below 30:00 when starting at 20 years of age and riding the bicycle in a course like the one in Cape Town.  At 20 years of age, the legs to ride the bicycle with great margin over the others are not there, so the running segment also suffers.  Alistair improved his running while the peloton was running around 31:00 and riding the bike slower compared to today´s riding.  The peloton improved the running segment, but Alitair´s improvement was greater.

1	Kris	Gemmell	NZL		01:51:53	00:19:14	00:01:23	00:58:10	00:00:28	00:32:35
2	Alistair	Brownlee	GBR		01:51:57	00:19:07	00:01:26	00:58:31	00:00:28	00:32:23
3	Courtney	Atkinson	AUS		01:52:20	00:19:15	00:01:26	00:59:42	00:00:24	00:31:29

http://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2007_rhodes_bg_triathlon_world_cup/3383

1	Javier	Gomez Noya	ESP		01:56:25	00:18:00	00:01:22	01:05:29	00:00:34	00:31:01
2	Ivan	Vasiliev	RUS		01:56:44	00:17:56	00:01:29	01:05:24	00:00:30	00:31:25
3	Alistair	Brownlee	GBR		01:56:53	00:18:03	00:01:22	01:05:30	00:00:28	00:31:32

http://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2008_madrid_bg_triathlon_world_cup/3756

Is Sullwald going to be able to run with the winners?  It all depends on well-educated he is.  Please read our previous post so you could be able to understand what we mean: Triathlon and Jack Daniels II.