2. this was canadian sprint champs. same level as US sprint champs. not a notch below. kyle jones is the top cnnuck right now for draft legal. whitfield is out and brent mcmahon oscillates between non draft money races and occasional draft legal itu racing. there is no national team for sprint distance as there is no world champs for sprint distance. pros register and race the sprint champs. that's it. done.
3. WTC is World Triathlon Corporation. they operate ironman brand events. I agree with what you said, I suspect if webb runs a marathon off the bike it will expose his lack of development. agreed. I just don't think he has 26.2 in him off the bike...
4. tell you a little secret... WTS/ITU... (not WTC) different governing bodies coach..
5. legs dont get shot from a 40k draft legal race. they get temporarily fatigued, mostly from yoyoing off the back or on a hilly, multi loop course. steady state efforts at 40k dont shoot legs. or unsteady state efforts...
6. he's ready to "complete" now. he can finish any race to completion I believe. just walk it in. in fact, he can probably also compete and make the 3rd group out of the water in an oly, wts race, right now. probably second group out of the water in fact... and these groups tend to bridge up, into one large pack by the end of the bike on flat courses, meaning webb could get off the bike with the leaders if he was aggressive heading into T2.... even if he is not at the front of the large group, he'd only be 8 - 10 seconds back if he were at the back of the big pack coming into T2.
anyway, he is swimming like crazy now... sure of that.
Alan, if you're reading... you are ready dood!! get a wts race like yokohama next spring. every May. flat, protected smooth water, multi loop course where the bike groups always come together by T2, and a flat fast run... could sit in the second group for the most part, take a couple easy pulls (soft pedal through), and wait for the run magic...