Triathlon and Triathlon Bermuda

We spoke about universal income in our previous post but we touched a little the subject of being professional.  What we saw in the men’s race was fear, laziness and lack of professionalism.  The Norwegians did their job accordingly but winning a race against a bunch of people unwilling to work was horrendous.  The average watts production for the ones in the peloton was less than 340.  It was a little hot and very humid but it does not account for the low watts produced by the peloton.  Kristian Blummenfelt said at the interview before the ceremony:  “the peloton was very, very slow.”

Why do we know the watts produced by the peloton?  González did a time trial in Monterrey, 10k, where he produced an average of 360 watts.  González chased down the peloton after leaving the water 47 seconds behind Schoeman.  It made me think about the use of steroids when I saw these results.  These kind of results are expected when you are withdrawing from steroids.  Someone withdrawing is unable to produce watts as could happen to Schoeman who just weeks ago went solo in Abu Dhabi and has a TUE for oral steroids to treat asthma.  Please see our post.

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Flora Duffy evidenced the men’s peloton.  She drove two minutes slower than the men’s peloton and did it by herself.  The men’s race was like a fight between a champion and a punching bag.  Nobody in the peloton honor being professional in the men’s race.