Mary Cain to race triathlon this weekend

No it's not the same Mary Cain, since she didn't say anything like that.

It looks like she DNS today.

No time for her out of the water. everybody is out of water by now

Yes she did. From the Triathlete article:

Now officially part of Sousa’s squad, Cain says she is ready to re-enter the arena of professional athletics—and accept the intense scrutiny that can come along with it. And after months of remaining reticent about her plans, finally publicizing her triathlon journey, she said, is a “monkey off her back.”

That was quick. She gave up already on her second race and these are just short sprint tri distances

"...she is ready to re-enter" is not the same as claiming to already be.

After a successful, but brief, Triathlete career, Mary has announced that she is training to participate in MMA.

Do you have a framed poster of Mary Cain on your wall to make that kind of excuse?

I'm just calling you out on your misrepresentation of the article. You bash for no good reason.

Despite the Triathlete article specifically saying: "Now officially part of Sousa’s squad, Cain says she is ready to re-enter the arena of professional athletics. Meaning Mary Cain told the reporter she is a professional athlete (again).

Imagine if you were in a draft legal race with Mary and she bumped into you on the bike and she fell and broke something. Wouldn’t you be scarred that she would sue you?

I’m not sure I would want to be in a race with her.

So I'm guessing my prediction expected too much?

Where's everyone that down voted me?

Trouard 3rd today. Faster on the swim. Faster in T1. Faster on the bike. Faster in T2. Faster on the run. Overall faster 57:40 (vs 58:30 yesterday).

However, his 5k was still only a 16:10. We know that he was not holding back today. A simple 15:20 would have given him the win.

Six months in triathlon training, Klau could go sub 15 on the run.

I’m guessing that Trouard is not as naturally gifted on the bike.

it’s still good however. Maybe he does not have 6 months of triathlon training yet.

Mary always claims some vague kind of injury as an excuse. What specific permanent injury is she claiming from Salazar now despite her having re-entered track races and now triathlon? I don't think any reasonable court will buy weight gain as a permanent injury since that is a product of aging.

I wouldn't take a hard line like this when analyzing triathlon results. Klau's 56:30 could easily be a worse mark than 58:30 here. I'm not saying it is but courses aren't usually accurate & weather/course conditions can have a huge impact on time. Better to look at score rating. Klau scored a 112 at AG Nationals. I'm guessing that'll be the stronger mark but still worth it to not think about it so cut/dry.

As for Cain's DNS today, more than half of yesterday's field also scratched. So don't make this about her. It's hard to race back to back.

What we don't know is what happened on the bike -- could have been a mechanical and/or crash. Or she just had trouble in T1 & missed the main pack. In draft legal, it's a world of difference being in a pack of 10 versus riding solo. Maybe she just missed the pack & the time gap just grew.

I would think it would be better for her to try some non-draft stuff where the transitions & pack riding don't hurt you as much. She already scored a 97 last fall. She has to be in better shape.

You're misreading the results. She had the 5th fastest run

This may be true or it may be a point in the suit which ups the request for compensation. It's a claim of hers and nothing more to gain more in the suit.

Mary Cain is just really slow on a bike. Anything more and you are just making excuses because you are a Mary Cain fanboi.

You don’t know that. Her stride looked awful in that video of her running at altitude and she didn’t look good in the stills I saw from running in that race in Central Park. There have been other runners that reached a point where they couldn’t go for more than a month or so before being reinjured.

I was simply bringing in Trouard and Klau to give perspective to the Cain apologist.

I was simply trying to show that no, it’s not “ok” for someone training with pros to do such slow transitions. Trouard stated triathlons after Cain and he did ok yesterday. He got some real race experience yesterday and today, he was just as fast as the top guys. Remember, these are not pros that he is racing this weekend.

On the swim, he was right up there. No excuse about swimming 150m more than everybody.

Reality is that he did ok. First yesterday and second today. He is now a pro. However, there is nothing that indicates (yet) that he will be a top US pro. He was not able to make the break on the bike today (remember this is weak field). He only ran 16:10 on the run (there’s a woman who ran 16:58 yesterday and she is far from being a top women triathlete). Again, he WON yesterday.

Cain was 23rd. There is nothing that indicates that she will ever get her pro card. She is light years away from that.

Getting a pro card is something that Trouard, Klau… were able to do on their first try within 6 months of starting triathlon training. Neither have done anything yet to show that they will be top US pros.