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jibberjim
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| TRO Saracen wrote: | | Never trust a bloke whose name consists of two first names. |
I thought Don was more of an honorific?
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Symes
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| TRO Saracen wrote: | | Never trust a bloke whose name consists of two first names. |
or who has less then 8 letters in total in their name
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PCP
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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| r0bh wrote: | | Tony Stark wrote: | | Anyone who has consistently used BS as a coach has already demonstrated that there is no low they will not stoop to. |
Tim Don has been coached for a few years now by Julie Dibens which should make you happy |
And Matt Bottrill for the bike sessions.
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dan holmes
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Is it a legit course? 4:06 is an incredible split...
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fruit thief
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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| 27+mph by my reckoning. In the rain too, with 600m of elevation thrown in. Rest of the pro field riding 24-25mph.
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TRO Saracen
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Kienle, Sanders and Brownlee put 4 mins into Tim Don on the bike at 70.3 St George, all things being equal that would put those 3 in the vicinity of a sub 4 IM split under the same course/conditions.
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OldNick
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| Little known fact he once borrowed Bob's pyro platforms.
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snowie
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 9:07 am Post subject: |
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| TRO Saracen wrote: | | Kienle, Sanders and Brownlee put 4 mins into Tim Don on the bike at 70.3 St George, all things being equal that would put those 3 in the vicinity of a sub 4 IM split under the same course/conditions. |
you wouldnt but then again 56 mile V 112 mile, the longer distance suits the older person & tim is up there
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jibberjim
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 9:58 am Post subject: |
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| snowie wrote: | | you wouldnt but then again 56 mile V 112 mile, the longer distance suits the older person & tim is up there |
No, really it doesn't, the fitness demands for the two events are nearly identical.
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Andy916
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| hammerer wrote: | | On 2 occasions he's surpassed himself, raced beyond his dreams, had an outstanding performance. One was in a year he missed 3 drug tests, the other is Brazil, in a sport with very little testing at all. |
He went 25mins faster than he did at last year's IM Brazil, beating his podium rivals (Buckingham & Amorelli) by the same amount. Last year McMahon beat his rivals (Don & Collington) by 18mins, between the bike and run. Perhaps there is a motorpacing or drafting advantage for the leader? (although there was no such big gap in 2015 or 2014).
I don't know the frequency of testing for the biological passport, but a gross difference Hb or steroid should show up, surely? One might imagine an extra test being done following an outstanding/suspicious result, to add to the passport, but I don't know if there is any such thing. Don is also listed on the IM registered testing pool, but the frequency of testing isn't apparent on ironman.com.
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flatcap
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| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2017 2:10 pm Post subject: Hats off to him |
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| For an athlete who has been a professional for over 20 years, has had access to the best coaching, equipment, training groups and facilities available and who is nearly forty to find ways to significantly improve is very impressive. Hope for us all!
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northernmonkey
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| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:26 pm Post subject: Amazing |
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Just think how good he would have been at the olympics if he had learnt sooner to be a good triathlete "you have to have a very strong bike" and it is no good just riding low you also need high power. It only took twenty years to gain such pearls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pmvkJ9Ad78&feature=youtu.be
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newMan
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| Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:18 am Post subject: Re: Amazing |
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| northernmonkey wrote: | Just think how good he would have been at the olympics if he had learnt sooner to be a good triathlete "you have to have a very strong bike" and it is no good just riding low you also need high power. It only took twenty years to gain such pearls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pmvkJ9Ad78&feature=youtu.be |
So up until now he has been racing IM clean after being dirty in ITU and not qualifying for London. This year he decided to start injecting again to kick butt?
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