I will give you an example of how to think clearly and
the effect on the economy. Triathlon New
Zealand will change because of the economic crisis. It will change for good, I believe. Why?
No money creates the needs. We
have spoken about it since last year when we went to New Zealand. I like the way they approach the problems mentioned
in triathlon. New Zealand will be
playing two games against Mexico to qualify for Rio Soccer World
Championships. I am like the ancient Greeks:
“I Love my rivals when they fight for the cause of transforming humanity for better
actors (I love my rivals when they play by the rules).” I wish the best to New Zealand: “Kicks their ass if they do not have ba…” That will help Mexicans to overcome
passivity. Technically and tactically The
Mexican Soccer Team has what is needed; unfortunately, they were raised like
“vedettes” and they are useless to do any effort. Let’s see what it was written
in the New Zealand Herald yesterday regarding triathlon. I will comment on it right on the article:
Money
troubles hit TriNZ
11:10 AM Sunday Oct 20,
2013
No major sponsor, job
losses and an absence of medals at elite, under-23 or junior levels are posing
real challenges for Triathlon New Zealand.
In June, Contact Energy
decided not to renew a deal estimated by industry sources to be worth upwards
of $600,000 per annum for the last four years. They had sponsored triathlon
since 2006.
"We had all our eggs
[in the basket] with Contact," chief executive Craig Waugh says. "So
we're in the market for a lot less but hoping the sum of a few sponsors will
make up the whole. We can see one sponsor covering the high-performance arm of
the business, another covering schools, and one covering the annual tri-series.
"We believe
sponsorship money is still there after the global financial crisis but
companies are more particular on how they spend it. Sport was once seen as sexy
to partner but companies aren't taking that easy route any more. They're
thinking about how they justify the decision to shareholders.
" We need capital investment.
We've got enough to get by for two years, provided we're prudent."
Waugh's outsourced the
event management side of the business (to a company called SMC), to cut
overhead costs.
Two staff have been lost as
part of the restructure. Permanent staff numbers are at 13 as the sport
prepares to split between Auckland and the new high-performance base in the
Cambridge velodrome from February.
The TriNZ struggle has
continued in the high-performance department. Andrea Hewitt (fifth) and Ryan
Sissons (13th) were the best overall elite efforts by New Zealand women and men
this season. In the London season finale race, Hewitt was eighth, Sissons was
22nd. No New Zealander made a podium in the under-23 or junior (under-19)
categories. Under-23 athlete Sophie Corbidge did the best, at seventh.
TriNZ high-performance
manager Graeme Maw acknowledges the lack of success. He says it might come down
to training techniques: "I've only been here 10 months but it strikes me
there's something in the nature of New Zealand athletes' aptitude for hard work
and endurance training that creates a culture where they might do too much
distance training [rather than focus on speed].
"For
instance, you can't rely on catching a lead pack at any stage from the swim
exit these days. Take the Corbidge example. She ran 35m 17s for the run which
would have won her all but one previous title. But the six in front of her ran
sub-35 minutes."
If you see the times of Nicola Spirig, you would see that she has a
running leg almost as fast as when she won the gold medal at the age of 18:
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What about Elliott?
Born and brought up in
Perth, Western Australia, Elliott had shown great promise before he met
Cerutty. He was first seen by Cerutty winning a Mile in 4:22. An
impressed Cerutty asked to meet the 17-year-old schoolboy and was invited to
the Elliott family home in Perth for dinner. At this meeting he said to
Elliott: “There’s not a shadow of doubt that within two years you will run a
Mile in four minutes.” (Elliott, The Golden Mile, p.26) … Elliott’s
improvement was meteoric. On January 12, 1957, Elliott, angry at being put in a
B race, ran the Mile in 4:06, a Junior WR. At the end of that month he ran the
same time to win the Victoria Championships. Soon after he ran an 880 Junior WR
with a 1:50.8. After another two 4:06 runs, he improved to 4:04.4. Then at the
end of the Australian season he came up against the experienced Olympian Merv
Lincoln in the national championships. Stampfl-coached Lincoln led at 4:00 pace
until Elliott sped past just before the bell and held on to win in
4:00.4. Cerutty’s prophecy in Perth had come true.
"Our
performance levels are not where they need to be for international
competitiveness. We need to unpick why that gap exists. I believe part of that
is the speed development for endurance athletes.
"We need to
look at what's slowing them down over the shorter distance because we've got
some great kids. [At a recent camp] eight athletes aged 15-17 ran 4m 20s for
1500m which was what [2012 British Olympic bronze medallist] Jonny Brownlee was
running at 16."
We spoke about EDUCATION in triathlon in previous posts, and what Elliott
says it has to do with how we educate athletes. We cannot speak of
quality of training if we do not speak about quality of education. I have
read that there are coaches who believe that eating three times a week in
McDonalds do not interfere with performance. It is simple common sense,
please see, 28 juin 2012 Technique
the Second Most Important Thing to Win in Triathlon
"New
Zealanders pride themselves on being men and women of the land with this tough
No 8 wire mentality," Waugh says. "But triathlon has matured as a
sport. When the science and technology elements start to grow, New Zealand can
struggle. It's a bit like how we had middle-distance running greats in the
1960s and 1970s but fell away when we kept working harder rather than
smarter."
I am baptizing this
phenomenon the ‘“Crocodile” Dundee phenomenon.’
It comes from the film (1986).
Since the film came out we have accepted a way of training that has
given dividends except for the last 5 years.
“Mileage training improves speed for endurance athletes.” It
has its bases on the way of living in Australia which has an icon in Mr.
Dundee. 28 oct. 2012
The clock
is ticking for a New Zealand resurgence as the sport develops strongly in
Europe. Medallists across the elite, under-23 and junior podiums came from
Germany, France, Spain, Britain, Ireland, the United States, Canada and
Australia. Aggravating the situation is the fact none of New Zealand's top
three women (Hewitt, Kate McIlroy or Nicky Samuels) are under 30. No New
Zealand men took part in the under-23 race because they weren't deemed a
reasonable chance of podium success.
"Representing your
country has got to mean something," Waugh says. "You've got to earn
the right because we're dealing with taxpayer money. There were 44 athletes in
our high-performance programme leading to Beijing. There are 14 now."
"It's a case of
setting relevant standards," Maw says. "Nobody wants to be hard for
the sake of it but it's a concern there's a generational gap. It's not a
criticism of the athletes involved. They train bloody hard."
The governing body have to
front High Performance Sport New Zealand before year's end to justify why they
deserve to keep $1.4 million a year in taxpayer funding. In triathlon's
defence, they are endeavouring to be pro-active. When Waugh came to his role in
July 2011 he knew pain was imminent. That's why he says he spent the first 90 days
canvassing 144 people associated with the sport.
In June, triathlon's annual
participation numbers sat at 115,000, up from 70,000 in 2008. The tri-series
saw growth from 1650 participants in 2008-09 to 4100 in 2012-13. Waugh says no
membership fee is charged because they're an event-based sport. People
"pay to play" because only 3000 [of the 115,000] participants belong
to clubs - putting the onus on TriNZ to be more commercial.''
Hamish Carter was the favorite to win in Australia (Sydney 2000), the
first time triathlon appeared on the Olympics but since then it was obvious
that he did not have the speed to win today’s competition because they go
faster. 31:00 minutes the 10k of an
Olympics triathlon does not make the trick.
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2006 Lausanne ITU
Triathlon World Championships : Sep 03
2006 : Elite Men : Results
2006 Edmonton BG
Triathlon World Cup : Jul 09 2006 : Elite Men
: Results
2004 Athens Olympic Games : Jul 26 2004 : Elite Men : Results
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We have written several articles mentioning that speed
is today’s need even to run a marathon.
The average is below 3 minutes per kilometer; the world record average
for the distance is 2:52 per kilometer.
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