Morgan Pearson should focus on running. He’s a better runner than he is a triathlete

A small running contract is better than being a top triathlete?

Vincent Luis made more than 1 million in 2019. (and they don't pay for traveling cost and everything, their sponsors and federation do, just like in running if you're really good)

And no Morgan can't catch anyone with a 15 seconds penalty and starting from the back. He's not even the best runner in the circuit.

Alex yee ran 27:51 for 10k aged 19, Luis placed 2nd at French XC championship beating European 10k champion Morhad Amdouni, and he trained for years with 3 times Olympic medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi in Reims.

He was doing ALL the sessions with him and Mekhussi himself admitted Luis was even beating him in the longer stuff sometimes. At that time he was running 2 times a day almost everyday, swimming after his morning session and training on the bike before his evening session. I'm talking a lot about this guy because I knew him personally and I know how hard he trains as a runner (used to train, before joining mola's crew). I think some of you guys are deluded, most top triathletes are running between 60 and 100 miles a week, and some of them are really great runners, who were some of the best youngsters in their country (Cassandre beaugrand is the best u18/u20 French distance runner ever and has multiple titles and national records), a lot of these young guys (and girls) could have been professional runners but they choose triathlon because they have more fun, they can get more money, and they actually have a chance at becoming the best in the world (they know they aren't going to run 26:10 or something).

And there is a lot more money in the sport than what you think, at least in Europe. They get big sponsorships from redbull, a running brand, a bike brand, and a swimming brand sometimes. And they're really famous in their country, Vincent Luis is more famous than any track and field athlete in France, except world record holder Kevin Mayer and Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie.

For exemple, Vincent Luis has 170k subscribers on Instagram, that's almost the same number as Renaud Lavillenie, and he's almost as famous as him here. (for comparison, Brazier has 50k, Centro has 104k and hocker has 27k).

And keep in mind this guy isn't even an Olympic medalist.

i think he meant 13-14 minutes total so a handful of v02 max surges. its very common to see that in professional cycling and much more impressive numbers of the course of a 4-5 hour stage but in draft legal triathlon on relatively flat courses there is no way lol.

Do you have an actual source for his salary even being more than 250k? I won't even bother mentioning the absurd 7 figure number, not even Jan Frodeno (most popular triathlete around) can dream of numbers like this.

What do you think Jan pulls in in a year he wins Kona? He must pull pretty dang close to 7 figures. Pearson is doing a lot better than a small running contract would do for him. Oh, and he's now a Silver medalist. Good thread, LRCers.

According to Strava data out of the 40k bike some of the top triathletes spent 13-14 minutes in total in the 400-500 watt range. If Morgan was on the back during the numerous 90 degree turns he would have had to put out immense wattage to stay with the group. Every triathlete knows that when you go around those type turns you need to be at the front or you will do immense amount of work. I would imagine that Morgan's weakest leg is the bike and on a course like the Tokyo he suffered. He probably knew in the first 20k it was just going to be too hard for him. Instead of sharing all his great running sessions on Youtube would love to see what he actually does on the bike and if he was prepared for what was presented. Maybe it was just a bad day or maybe he was exposed. Glad to see him win a medal today!

Did anyone watch his interview with NBC after the mixed relay? He is painful to listen to. I don't think he's dumb but he sounded it. Zafares, on the other hand, sounded poised and intelligent.

Disappointed that they are happy with silver, but I've never won anything significant.

Would like to see him get an individual medal in Paris. I think he can manage it.

Bear in mind, this is Let’s Run and Jeremy Warner should give that 800 thing a try

13-14 minutes at 400-500 watts was Matt Hauser Australian triathlete.

It doesn;t really matter what was evident was that Morgan Pearson needs to improve his cycling.