Former professional cyclist runs 61:27 for Half at Valencia

There are many different types of pro cyclists, the people who get paid to ride bicycles.

Alex Yee is a professional triathlete, meaning he gets paid to swim, bike and run.

His major sponsors include New Balance shoes, Trek bicycles and Hutchinson bike tires

You can believe he is not a pro runner if you wish, and also believe that there are not pro mountain, BMX and track cyclists.

That actually makes a lot of sense you can tell from his form and endurance that he’s got a solid running background. Transitioning from running to cycling and then to triathlons takes serious dedication.

WTF??? No ex pro cyclist should have a stride that looks like that

i don’t know how good he was at running before he turned to cycling, but he ran his first sub 30min 10km in the spring (29:55).

Now, after a summer of injuries, he runs a 61:37 HM??? So basically 2x10km in 29:10 and then add 1.1km at the same pace after that. Furthermore, he did not have an elite entry, so he ran from the line behind the elites. Not sure if 61:37 is his chip time or official time. It probably took him 5 seconds or so to get to the starting line, then he had to navigate his way through the elites.

He is doing this triathlon conversion like a complete amateur. In his first triathlon (Feb or March), he had shoe laces instead of elastics on his shoes. he ran with bib shorts and a cycling shirt. He has a good TT bike, but it’s an ITU bike.

In Geelong, in T1, it took him 1 minute longer than anybody else in transition and he lost a further 30 seconds in T2. He has/had no clue of what he is doing.

So you have an ex pro cyclist, who runs like that and trains for the triathlon like a complete amateur with seemingly no support.

Here what needs to happen. Greg Harper is trying to get his swim coaching career going. Greg, call this guy and bring him from a 28 minute swimmer to a sub 25 minute swimmer. Once that’s done, Jimmy, call Hayden Wilde and go train with him. He’s basically the only triathlete that could maybe run with you and bike with you. Hayden trains like a real pro, which is what you also need to do.

Then get proper sponsorship. Get a tri bike which looks like Sam Laidlow’s…

As the Norwegians are trying to figure out if 10,000 micro holes on their Tri suit is faster than 9,000 micro holes, Jimmy is trying to figure out how to take off his wet suit…

The Norwegians saw your running video. They are petrified.

Jimmy is running the Zatopec 10km in November. He should go sub 28!!!

Looks like a far better runner than cyclist or triathlete. Perhaps he should take up running full time. Might transition to the marathon very well.

Tell that to Cameron wurf

I also recognize Lachlan Cook for ran at UVA and ben chamberlain (I think) who does pretty well on the aussie road scene

You may be right. His stride is amazing, but that’s not how triathletes run. They run with higher cadence. Open chest, shoulders back. Rotate body on every stride…

He has a runner’s stride. Probably suffers greatly after the bike (in non drafting race).

Can he be the first to run the HM in a 70.3 with that kind of stride and get away with it?

If you look at his strava it appears he has been all in on running for a few months now and isn't doing much in the way of swimming or biking. It would be hard to do those activities on top of the volume running he does so it's likely he's given up on triathlon and is focused on running now. Given his form and HM time it seems to make sense that's where his biggest opportunity is

Indeed. I don’t see any biking for him since later June and no swim. Unclear at this point what he is doing. Nice 10km (28:32), 15km (43:01), 10 mile (46:12), 20km (57:58) PB on the way to his HM PB.

So afraid that he blows out his achilles in the Zatopek 10km. if not, he should go sub 27:50

Cam Wurf was a Pro Tour cyclist before he was a triathlete then went back to cycling.

And what was he before that? Ok better example. Lance Armstrong, was a triathlete before going dedicated to cycling. When he retired, attempted to comeback

Thank you. Had not checked his Strava. Looks like he is pushing all his chips in. Good for him. Dude runs and races like an elite runner. Just needs more time on his feet.

I listened to his YouTube video which explains what is going on.

He currently had a debilitating back injury which flairs up when he bikes. If he doesn’t bike, he’s fine. So he has given biking a rest for a while, so since the end of June he has gone “all in” with the running. He’s been racking up consecutive 100 mile+
weeks including quality work. It is obviously paying huge dividends right now. Not sure why he is ignoring the swimming. Anyway, he is having fun progressing on the run.

In that same video where he wanders across town to find a track to train on and can’t find one, his friend says: “how fast do you see yourself running the 10km eventually”. He says: “doing 64s I think. Not sure what that translates to”. His friend says: “28 min, perhaps a bit faster”. lol. 64s is obviously 26:40…. It’s funny to hear such a good runner being so clued out about running. I certainly could not split a 14:07 on the way to a HM (59:30 pace) like he did. So who am I to say anything.

He was a rower actually. Go watch a clip of a draft legal pro triathlon, then watch a US Pro/1 criterium or a Belgian kermesse and then tell me that they look like the same level of pack handling, cornering speed, or skill. For one thing the biggest pack you'll ever see in a triathlon is the size of a moderately large breakaway in cycling.

Sure you can cherry pick a handful of triathletes that have good skill (although ironically neither of your examples ever did Olympic draft legal racing), but the majority of pro triathletes would get spat out the back in a World Tour race because they've never experienced riding 6 inches from the riders on either side in the middle of a pack of 150 riders going 35mph into a 90 degree corner that can fit 1-2 riders wide. Generally even experienced bike racers coming from continental or pro continental teams get their teeth kicked in for a year or two until the adapt to the Pro Tour.

Many of the olympic level racers are racing crits to sharpen skills. Take Gwen jorgenson. Also Taylor knows made the Olympics for cycling. The game has changed

More than half the field crashed due to the rain, even chloe crashed