Gwen Jorgensen to run Gate River Run 15K

Drafting in triathlon is illegal.

Lurker wrote:

Drafting in triathlon is illegal.

In Ironman. But in ITU races and the Olympics drafting is legal. Go back to lurking.

Juggernought wrote:

Wow. Her triathlon running looks so much smoother. No wonder she thought she could make the Olympics running. In her Youtube videos nowadays, it looks like she has no pop at all. Now she's leaning so far back. She's over-rotating. She can't get her leg to pop off the ground. I bet she has totally cut swimming from her training. Add that to the pregnancy and injury and she must have lost the magic.

Overtrained.

Lurker wrote:

Drafting in triathlon is illegal.

Watch the video. There is a big (if disorganised) pack drafting.

I swear that swiss woman would have won if she had a smarter bike leg. Gwen did no work on the bike due to good positioning.

Adifan wrote:

Lurker wrote:

Drafting in triathlon is illegal.

Watch the video. There is a big (if disorganised) pack drafting.

I swear that swiss woman would have won if she had a smarter bike leg. Gwen did no work on the bike due to good positioning.

The reality is that if you don't have the run, you have to try to get away. Problem is, ITU you can draft. ITU style and distance would see a big decline in popularity if the Olympics dropped it in favor of the 140.6 distance and rule set. With that and no drafting, athletes that are strong cyclists can actually get away. Not that it works all that often, but it can work, whereas in ITU, pretty much no, it cannot work.

Gwen should have won that race but the refs cheated her.

How so?

The OP was right though, and I was wrong with the over/under.

Oh Please wrote:

How so?

The OP was right though, and I was wrong with the over/under.

What was the result of this? Did she break 50? If she ran sub 48 then I apologize for how wrong I was.... I was sure her running “career” was done and the smart move is to go back to triathlon, but I didn’t think she could break 50.

Starno wrote:

50:45

I was one of the closest in here.

Those who predicted sub 49min are clowns.

Oh Please wrote:

The reality is that if you don't have the run, you have to try to get away. Problem is, ITU you can draft. ITU style and distance would see a big decline in popularity if the Olympics dropped it in favor of the 140.6 distance and rule set. With that and no drafting, athletes that are strong cyclists can actually get away. Not that it works all that often, but it can work, whereas in ITU, pretty much no, it cannot work.

Yeah it is like for not having. a good kick. You know it is stupid to try and front run the race but often times it is the only option. You would think they would coordinated so the top half dozen cyclist would do a big break away but those are hard to do. Same thing with having your team mates slow the race down behind you. Triathalon doesn't doesn't have much of a team cultural.

And it should be pointed out the girl got 2nd. With other tactics maybe she wins. Maybe she is 4th.

Personally I wish they did the 70.3 in the olympics without drafting. But that isn't happening.