I remember watching an interview with Lionel Sanders and he was asked about winning a race where the field was missing a few of the top pro's, his answer was spot on. He went on to explain that a Pro Ironman race isn't just about the race day, it starts with getting yourself to the start line fit and heathy, if you haven't done that, then you've lost already.
I don’t know how GCN currently handles their RU-vid channel membership, but it would be cool if GTN channel membership also granted access to the GCN membership content and vice versa.
@@xander0901 I know the GCN channel will also have bonuses. I feel bonuses should be channel specific. But what I'm a bit concerned about is content limitations... For instance, the Norseman GCN+ movie, will that only show up on the GTN subscription because its triathlon? That would be unfortunate I think.
Tri spy: Patrick Lange I absolutely agree that you can only race those who show up on race day, Laura had a stellar performance in Nice! I'm sure she would have loved to have competed against both Lucy and Anne, but that was out of her control. I love that both T100 and Ironman have put together pro series that awards serious money to athletes. As a fan, it's great to see stacked fields where the best athletes race each other multiple times each year. Some athletes have chosen to do both series to maximize their winnings. Ultimately it is the athlete's decision how many races to do - focus on one series or to do both and risk injury.
t’s not just race day that makes you world champ. It’s the training, resting and everything leading up to the race day. No offence to anyone that gets injured but staying un injured by training super smart (a really hard balance to find) is part of the race to world champs. So Laura Philip is a thoroughly amazing and deserving world champion. Also there were still a lot of best in the world athletes in Nice and she beat them by loads.
Heyyyyy, I have a really radical idea for separating the field on the bike leg in the short course/Olympic/World Series/Sprint races (and making triathlon a 3 sport event rather than a running race with a bit of tiring-out shit prior to the run) and that's .... and you'll be blown away by just how radical and off-the-wall this is....introducing a ban on drafting on the bike! Cool eh! I know no one's ever done this before and you really have to wonder why no one with more than half a brain cell hasn't thought of it before, but it's worth a tri........
those comments on the WC wins are dumb imo. There is no race ever where every single athlete is on board, and managing to get healthy to the startline is also part of the game. Her ride at this course was incredible, and after that hard and long a 2:45 marathon… is truly worth of a WC. Btw, both splits were the fastest by quite a margin and her marathon is among the fastest ever by a woman in Ironman
That is why we have series. The best athletes should be able to consistently perform. One day champs are not always the best indicator but performance over 6-8 races should be.
7:09 When you were struggling to say Torremolinos (Spain), I briefly thought you were trying to say Tamaulipas (Mexico) and was thinking that we would see perhaps the FASTEST run and bike times in the history of this sport if it was going down in Tamaulipas. If you know, you know...
i think the reasons for certain bike and component counts being used more comes down to affordability and availability. Cervelo and Canyon are definitely the most affordable bikes with pretty on par components.
As a wildcard, does Julie Derron get the same rules as the other Olympians for the championship, assuming she gets a start at Las Vegas and Grand final?
The Ironman corporation needs money to become profitable, so I’m not seeing a reduction in races anytime soon. They need to cut costs and probably invest more on 70.3s and make full distance much rarer
What are their biggest costs? I can only think of road closures, in which case, maybe they should do more off-road type races. Something like an xterra, but with gravel instead of MTB?
@@squngy0 woof. buddy. Getting all the supplies, planning, the setup and teardown, licenses, permits, security, marketing and advertising, travel for ALL the staff and equipment, and the sunk costs of all the merch and ads that can’t be reused for next year. it’s quite an expense. The volunteers can only do so much like hand out water and medals, but can’t do setup and teardown (the large stuff).
@@Hydrogen101 I know they have a lot of costs and it adds up, but they can't all be THE BIGGEST cost. Also most of those you listed are going to be about the same for a 70.3 as they would be for a full.
Can someone explain to me why almost all woman go for Shimano? I use SRAM on my Roadbike and also on my TT-Bike and i was always happy with the shifting.
Probably a lot cheaper as well as what bikes are spec with. Also on hilly corse and 2 by gearing shimano much more known for not dropping chain on front derailer shifts
Just want to clarify that in my Say What comment I didn’t criticize Laura or diminished her performance. With those times it is likely she would’ve won no matter who was there. My comment never intended to not acknowledge her incredible performance, as much as simply state that in this particular case the potential 1 and 2 in the podium got out of the race, and one of them just out of bad luck, not even injury. Thanks for featuring the comment!
“If I was in Laura’s shoes…. Hollow victory, I wouldn’t feel like the best etc etc…” I think this comment is rude and it absolutely does criticise and diminish her performance.
I see it from the other angle, if your injured or suffered from a mechanical that could of been entirely prevented, then you haven't prepared well enough therefore you've lost the race already. Laura (and the rest of the women) did beat both Lucy and Anne ... by being better prepared.
