Wet Run II and Triathlon

This weekend we had a good “wet run;” a wet run to learn from.  The 2012 Panamerican Champion was present in the competition, Reinaldo Colucci, as well as Crisanto Grajales, 28th at London Olympics.  Since the beginning, Colucci was considered the favorite and he behaved as such.  He tried to go since the beginning on the bike. The wind was very strong, and Reinaldo was looking for partners in the Mexican population competing to go with him; unfortunately, he did not find one and had to pull the entire peloton because three Mexican were at the front, including our competitor Yosua Cervantes.  Everybody was playing for THE WET RUN, including Reinaldo, so the peloton finished more than two minutes behind.  Nobody wanted to bet anything. They thought that the ones in front were going to stop running, but the WET RUN GAME was set up differently and Reinaldo could not catch them. 

Allistair Brownlee runs just 30 seconds shy of his best 10k without swim and bike.

The peloton did not play for the guys in front of them, the peloton members were on survival mode even though the speed was not great. They lacked a good bicycle training. The wet run was played with high standards for the bike, and the guys who used to play WET RUN with a mediocre bike were not able to catch the runners in front or to perform what they can perform for the distance without biking and swimming.  Peter Robertson was the best wet runner before the Brownlees and Gómez, he won several championships on the bike because he had a strong bike and a good running speed.

Pos	First Name	Last Name	Country		Time	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run
1	Vinicio	Ibarra	MEX		01:55:28	00:17:32	00:00:46	01:04:05	00:00:18	00:32:47
2	Hahasiah Yosua	Cervantes Martinez	MEX		01:55:37	00:17:42	00:00:45	01:03:56	00:00:20	00:32:54
3	Reinaldo	Colucci	BRA		01:56:15	00:17:46	00:00:50	01:06:11	00:00:16	00:31:12
4	Crisanto	Grajales	MEX		01:56:16	00:17:42	00:00:45	01:06:18	00:00:17	00:31:14
5	Sergio	Sarmiento	MEX		01:56:58	00:17:46	00:00:44	01:06:17	00:00:20	00:31:51
6	Eder	Mejia	MEX		01:57:19	00:17:13	00:00:49	01:04:20	00:00:23	00:34:34
7	Carlos	Arcadia	MEX		01:57:51	00:17:53	00:00:45	01:06:10	00:00:18	00:32:45
8	Diego Alfredo	Pérez Flores	MEX		01:57:53	00:17:14	00:00:53	01:06:45	00:00:17	00:32:44
9	Fabian	Villanueva	MEX		01:58:00	00:18:17	00:00:48	01:05:46	00:00:17	00:32:52
10	Octavio	Oliveros	MEX		01:58:08	00:17:30	00:00:46	01:06:30	00:00:25	00:32:57
11	Eric	Lagerstrom	USA		01:58:17	00:17:24	00:00:47	01:06:36	00:00:17	00:33:13
12	Eduardo	Moreno	MEX		01:58:47	00:17:42	00:00:45	01:06:18	00:00:16	00:33:46
13	César	Cárdenas	MEX		02:00:06	00:17:48	00:00:49	01:06:14	00:00:18	00:34:57
14	Jorge Luis	Fuentes	MEX		02:00:08	00:18:18	00:00:48	01:05:45	00:00:19	00:34:58
15	Ricardo	Vega	MEX		02:01:35	00:17:47	00:00:47	01:06:16	00:00:18	00:36:27
16	Abraham	Castellanos	MEX		02:02:24	00:17:54	00:00:48	01:09:09	00:00:22	00:34:11
17	Jose Luis	Cordova	MEX		02:02:43	00:19:06	00:00:48	01:09:13	00:00:23	00:33:13
18	Edson	Gomez	MEX		02:03:14	00:17:41	00:00:48	01:06:15	00:00:21	00:38:09
19	Carlos Daniel	Uribe Ballesteros	MEX		02:03:29	00:17:13	00:00:50	01:06:48	00:00:24	00:38:14

IRONMAN SPEED AND NEW GENERATION

Sometimes I read related subjects and Joshua Amberger was mentioning that he would do ironman instead of continuing in the ITU circuit where he was 11th in the U-23 category, New Zealand, 2012. “It will be the plethora of new generation short course athletes (that already have the entire package) that are yet to step up.
Though on the whole, the article is hitting the right notes. The same thing that has happened to ITU racing in the last decade will happen to iron distance; faster swims, faster bikes & faster runs. I don't think this can be argued against.”

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Triathlon_Forum_F1/Brett_Suttons_analysis_of_the_future_of_Kona_P4269677/#4269677

Joshua has won already some half-ironman distance competitions and mentioned in an interview something regarding his own training. “With running, I’m specifically working on good economy. I have a good engine with an 81.7 Vo2, but I have quite poor running economy. So lots of tempo running at specific zones with build runs in the mix, with volume generally at 80-100km.”

http://www.slowtwitch.com/Interview/The_spirited_Josh_Amberger_1870.html

This running economy is not easy to achieve, instead of looking at training regimens we need to look at technique and cadence.  I have seen Joshua running on several occasions, including when he competed in New Zealand last year.  Once more, we need a well-educated athlete that could stick with the program to improve technique, something easy to say than done (or find). Please read previous post.

Joshua predicted well that the short distance competitors will show at the scene of Ironman.  Docherty won the ironman New Zealand and Allister Brownlee won Dubai this year without great difficulties.

Simon Lessing losing and showing his technique.  He never ran below 31:00 the 10k in a triathlon competition.